State · 198039 of 529 seats

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu elects 39 . INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (I) won 20 of 39 seats.

INC20

DMK16

ADMK2

Independent1

67Out of every 100 voters here, 67 voted. India: 57.

The numbers

Turnout

66.76%

+9.8 pts vs India

Electors

2.81crore

in 39 constituencies

Women MPs

of 6 women candidates

Candidates

248

6 women · NOTA 0.0%

Who won the 39 seats

one tile per constituency, grouped by party

INC 20 DMK 16 ADMK 2 Independent 1

Votes vs seats

pale = share of votes · solid = share of seats

Share of votesShare of seats

INC32% → 51%

DMK23% → 41%

ADMK25% → 5%

Independent4% → 3%

JNP8% → 0%

CPI4% → 0%

CPI(M)3% → 0%

Vote share

bars: % of valid votes · right: seats

INC31.6%20seats DMK23.0%16seats ADMK25.4%2seats Independent4.4%1seats JNP8.0%0seats CPI3.6%0seats CPI(M)3.2%0seats

Notable contests

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Closest

6,612 votes

Sivakasi
ADMK over INC

Biggest win

1.57 lakh

Tindivanam
Ramaswamy Padayatchi S.S. (INC)

Highest turnout

80.9%

Nagapattinam
5,53,290 votes

Lowest turnout

55.2%

Krishnagiri
3,62,269 votes

Constituencies

39 · tap one for the full result

Lakshmanan G. · DMK2,97,26857.3%Abdul Khader M.S. · ADMK1,97,95038.2%Third · Independent16,3783.2%

Turnout 71.3%Electors 7,39,196Candidates 15NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Kalanidhi A. · DMK2,90,19959.5%Ramachandran P. · JNP1,85,15038.0%Third · INC(U)6,1721.3%

Turnout 67.9%Electors 7,26,953Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Venkataraman R. · INC3,28,83660.3%Sulochana Sampath E.V.K. · ADMK2,08,47438.3%Third · Independent1,9300.3%

Turnout 68.1%Electors 8,11,849Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Nagaratnam T. · DMK2,53,91257.5%Jaganathan S. · ADMK1,71,13538.7%Third · Independent6,3171.4%

Turnout 62.6%Electors 7,20,766Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Anbarasu Era · INC2,83,16359.9%Mohanarangam R. · ADMK1,73,14736.6%Third · RPI8,1501.7%

Turnout 71.8%Electors 6,73,832Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Velu A.M. · INC2,78,51660.8%Ragunathan A.M. · ADMK1,61,15535.2%Third · Independent7,9041.7%

Turnout 66.7%Electors 7,01,433Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Abdul Samad A.K.A. · Independent2,32,56755.1%Dhandayuthapani V. · JNP1,53,02136.3%Third · JNP(S)16,0073.8%

Turnout 60.8%Electors 7,07,512Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Murugian S. · DMK2,74,21662.8%Pandurangan M. · ADMK1,58,85536.4%Third · Independent3,3220.8%

Turnout 64.7%Electors 6,86,891Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Pattuswamy D. · INC2,85,54962.4%Venugopal Gounder C.A. · ADMK1,58,39534.6%Third · INC(U)5,3271.2%

Turnout 65.5%Electors 7,14,275Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Ramaswamy Padayatchi S.S. · INC2,90,06965.5%Munuswamy Thirukkuralar V. · ADMK1,33,17130.1%Third · Independent10,4402.4%

Turnout 63.4%Electors 7,17,771Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Muthukumaran R. · INC2,62,69459.4%Arvinda Bala Pajanor · ADMK1,54,04334.8%Third · Independent6,3591.4%

Turnout 65.6%Electors 6,92,583Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Kulandaivelu V. · DMK3,02,52363.6%Mahalingam S. · CPI(M)1,63,79834.4%Third · Independent5,9841.3%

Turnout 70.1%Electors 6,94,357Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Arjunan K. · DMK2,09,60355.5%Bhuvarahan G. · JNP1,42,73237.8%Third · JNP(S)13,7943.7%

Turnout 55.4%Electors 6,94,088Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Ramamurthy K. · INC2,22,83963.0%Rajahagopal V. · ADMK1,22,32834.6%Third · INC(U)4,8061.4%

Turnout 55.2%Electors 6,56,215Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Devarajan B. · INC2,36,11254.6%Anbalagan S. · ADMK1,76,24040.7%Third · Independent6,1061.4%

Turnout 60.1%Electors 7,34,978Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Palaniappan C. · DMK2,33,97150.9%Kamnan P. · ADMK2,07,71345.1%Third · INC(U)5,3811.2%

Turnout 68.1%Electors 6,91,389Candidates 11NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Kandaswamy M. · DMK2,76,01551.5%Kolanthaivelu R. · ADMK2,54,79747.5%Third · Independent3,7710.7%

Turnout 61.6%Electors 8,89,296Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Prabhu R. · INC2,73,61457.2%Thippiah T.T.S. · JNP1,87,87139.3%Third · JNP(S)8,8271.8%

Turnout 66.4%Electors 7,34,760Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Chinnasamy G. · ADMK2,10,80849.9%Thiruvankadam N.R. · INC1,96,93346.6%Third · Independent10,3852.5%

Turnout 64.0%Electors 6,78,003Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Ram Mohan Alias Era Mohan R. · DMK2,76,97554.3%Parvathi Krishnan · CPI2,20,86643.3%Third · INC(U)4,2190.8%

Turnout 66.1%Electors 7,85,260Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Dhandapani C.T. · DMK2,33,26151.4%Natarajan M.A.M. · ADMK2,17,52647.9%Third · Independent2,9340.7%

Turnout 65.8%Electors 7,05,793Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Sanapathi Goundar A. · INC2,30,73353.4%Lakshimipathyraju P.S.K · JNP1,71,16539.6%Third · Independent21,9255.1%

Turnout 57.8%Electors 7,62,601Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Maya Thevar K. · DMK2,44,66951.8%Rajan Chellappa V. · ADMK2,17,92346.1%Third · Independent3,5060.7%

Turnout 63.6%Electors 7,57,333Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Subburaman A.G. · INC2,92,38055.6%Balassubramanyam A. · CPI(M)2,23,18542.4%Third · Independent5,0461.0%

Turnout 67.6%Electors 7,88,417Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Natarajan Cumbum N. · DMK2,55,20451.3%Ramasamy S. · ADMK2,35,32247.3%Third · Independent6,9341.4%

Turnout 68.8%Electors 7,35,391Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Dorai Sebastian S.A. · INC2,81,14955.5%Kanagaraj K. · ADMK2,07,01540.9%Third · JNP(S)11,2152.2%

Turnout 67.4%Electors 7,62,973Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Selvaraju N. · DMK2,78,48554.3%Rangarajan T.K. · CPI(M)2,04,88640.0%Third · Independent23,1334.5%

Turnout 71.9%Electors 7,22,379Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Mani K.B.S. · INC2,82,76758.9%Thangaraju S. · ADMK1,83,59538.2%Third · Independent4,8121.0%

Turnout 70.6%Electors 6,94,116Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Kudanthai Ramalingam N. · INC2,91,62557.2%Govindasamy S. · JNP1,99,62039.2%Third · JNP(S)13,7432.7%

Turnout 77.0%Electors 6,76,693Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Karunanithi-Thazhai · DMK2,78,56151.0%Murugayan K. · CPI2,67,88749.0%

Turnout 80.9%Electors 6,84,297Candidates 2NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Singaravadivel S. · INC2,68,38252.9%Thangamuthu K. · ADMK2,23,84344.1%Third · Independent8,8671.8%

Turnout 77.6%Electors 6,60,633Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)

V.N. Swamynathan · INC2,94,49449.9%Kuzha Chellaiya · ADMK2,78,39547.2%Third · Independent6,4861.1%

Turnout 80.7%Electors 7,43,763Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Swaminathan R.V. · INC3,06,74860.8%Pandian D. · CPI1,72,18734.1%Third · Independent17,7053.5%

Turnout 70.8%Electors 7,25,576Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Sathiyendran M.S.K. · DMK2,75,04956.7%Anbalagan P. · ADMK1,90,91639.3%Third · Independent8,3001.7%

Turnout 67.1%Electors 7,36,600Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Sourdararajan N. · ADMK2,34,65446.1%Jayalakshimi V. · INC2,28,04244.8%Third · Independent21,1574.2%

Turnout 68.4%Electors 7,56,211Candidates 15NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Sivaprakasam D.S.A. · DMK2,56,62654.9%Arunachalam V. · ADMK1,96,66442.1%Third · Independent7,6141.6%

Turnout 67.7%Electors 7,02,603Candidates 9NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Arunachalam M. · INC2,72,26062.4%Rajagopalan S. · JNP1,63,94437.6%

Turnout 65.9%Electors 6,79,386Candidates 2NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Kosalram K. T. · INC2,27,39551.8%Sounthara Pandian, N. · JNP1,13,57625.9%Third · Independent75,02017.1%

Turnout 63.3%Electors 7,04,399Candidates 9NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Dennis, N. · INC1,87,11151.3%Vijayaraghavan, P. · JNP1,48,70340.8%Third · Independent18,1375.0%

Turnout 55.9%Electors 6,63,322Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)

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About this data

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the 1980 Lok Sabha election (detailed results, list of winners, list of parties). Vote shares are of valid votes, excluding NOTA, as ECI reports them. Turnout here is votes counted (including NOTA) divided by electors, so it runs slightly below ECI's official figure, which also counts rejected votes.

Polls were held in only 2 of Assam's 14 seats.

Constituencies of today's Telangana (16), Jharkhand (14), Chhattisgarh (11), Uttarakhand (5) are placed there by name; at the time they were part of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and a few boundaries straddled the present state lines.

1 seat was won unopposed, so no poll was held there.

Map boundaries are approximate and for illustration.