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The 1980 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu saw elections for all 39 Lok Sabha seats in the state. The result was a landslide victory for the Indian National Congress (Indira) and its ally Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam , who won 37 out of 39 seats. Many observers considered it an upset defeat[ 1] All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam , and its general secretary M. G. Ramachandran , which only won 2 seats—Gobichettipalayam and Sivakasi . Prior to the election, INC leader Indira Gandhi had formed an alliance with the DMK, resulting in an important part of her victory in the nationwide election that returned her to the office of Prime Minister of India .
Voting and results
File:1980 tamil nadu lok sabha election map by parties.png Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left
Results by Alliance
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam was part of an alliance with Indira Congress in 1977, while the DMK is in alliance with them for the 1980 election
List of Elected MPs
Constituency
Winner
Party
Margin
Runner-upa
Partya
Madras North
G. Lakshmanan
DMK
99,318
M. S. Abdul Khader
AIADMK
Madras Central
A. Kalanidhi
DMK
105,049
P. Ramachandran
JNP
Madras South
R. Venkataraman
INC(I)
120,362
E. V. K. Sulochana Sampath
AIADMK
Sriperumbudur
T. Nagaratnam
DMK
82,777
S. Jaganathan
AIADMK
Chengalpattu
Era. Anbarasu
INC(I)
110,016
R. Mohanarangam
AIADMK
Arakkonam
A. M. Velu
INC(I)
117,361
A. M. Raghunathan
AIADMK
Vellore
A. K. A. Abdul Samad
IND/IUML
79,546
V. Dhandayuthapani
JNP
Tiruppattur
S. Murugaiyan
DMK
115,361
M. Panduranganr
AIADMK
Vandavasi
D. Pattuswamy Mudaliar
INC(I)
127,154
C. A. Venugopal Gounder
AIADMK
Tindivanam
S. S. Ramasamy Padayachi
INC(I)
156,898
V. Munusamy Thirukkuralar
AIADMK
Cuddalore
R. Muthukumaran
INC(I)
108,651
Aravinda Pala Pajanor
AIADMK
Chidambaram
V. Kulandaivelu
DMK
138,725
S. Mahalingam
CPM
Dharmapuri
K. Arjunan
DMK
66,871
G. Bhuvarahan
JNP
Krishnagiri
K. Ramamurthy
INC(I)
100,511
V. Rajagopal
AIADMK
Rasipuram
B. Devarajan
INC(I)
59,872
S. Anbalagan
AIADMK
Salem
C. Palaniappan
DMK
26,258
P. Kamnan
AIADMK
Tiruchengode
M. Kandaswamy
DMK
21,218
R. Kolandaivelu
AIADMK
Nilgiris
R. Prabhu
INC(I)
85,743
T. T. S. Thippiah
JNP
Gobichettipalayam
G. Chinnasamy
AIADMK
13,875
N. R. Thiruvenkadam
INC(I)
Coimbatore
Ram Mohan
DMK
56,109
Parvathi Krishnan
CPI
Pollachi
C. T. Dhandapani
DMK
15,735
M. A. M. Natarajan
AIADMK
Palani
A. Senapathi Gounder
INC(I)
59,568
P. S. K. Lakhmipathy Raju
JNP
Dindigul
K. Maya Thevar
DMK
26,746
V. Rajan Chellappa
AIADMK
Madurai
A. G. Subburaman
INC(I)
69,195
A. Balasubramanyam
CPM
Periyakulam
Cumbum N. Natarajan
DMK
19,882
S. Ramasamy
AIADMK
Karur
S. A. Dorai Sebastian
INC(I)
74,143
K. Kanagaraj
AIADMK
Tiruchirappalli
N. Selvaraj
DMK
73,599
T. K. Rangarajan
CPM
Perambalur
K. B. S. Mani
INC(I)
99,172
S. Thangaraju
AIADMK
Mayiladuthurai
Kudanthai N. Ramalingam
INC(I)
92,005
S. Govindasamy
JNP
Nagapattinam
M. Thazhai Karunanithi
DMK
10,674
K. Murugayan
CPI
Thanjavur
S. Singaravadivel
INC(I)
44,539
K. Thangamuthu
AIADMK
Pudukkottai
V. N. Swaminathan
INC(I)
16,099
Kuzha Chellaya
AIADMK
Sivaganga
R. V. Swaminathan
INC(I)
134,561
D. Pandian
CPI
Ramanathapuram
M. S. K. Sathyendran
DMK
84,133
P. Anbalagan
AIADMK
Sivakasi
N. Soundararajan
AIADMK
6,612
V. Jayalakshmi
INC(I)
Tirunelveli
D. S. A. Sivaprakasam
DMK
59,962
V. Arunachalam
AIADMK
Tenkasi
M. Arunachalam
INC(I)
108,316
S. Rajagopalan
JNP
Tiruchendur
K. T. Kosalram
INC
113,819
N. Soundarapandian
JNP
Nagercoil
N. Dennis
INC(I)
38,408
P. Vijayaraghavan
JNP
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu
Cabinet Ministers
See also
References
Bibliography
Volume I, 1980 Indian general election, 7th Lok Sabha
External links
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