1980 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu
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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] for the ruling state party, 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.
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39 (of 542) seats to the Lok Sabha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 28,113,893 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 66.76%  0.37% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 1980 Election map (by constituencies) Green = INC(I)+ and Blue = JP+ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seat Allotment edit
Congress Front edit
| No. |
Party | Election Symbol | Leader | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Indian National Congress |  |
Indira Gandhi | 22 | |
| 2. | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |  |
M. Karunanidhi | 16 | |
| 3. | Indian Union Muslim League |  |
1 | ||
Janata Alliance edit
| No. |
Party | Election Symbol | Leader | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |  |
M. G. Ramachandran | 24 | |
| 2. | Janata Party | P. Ramachandran | 9 | ||
| 3. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | _election_symbol_-_Hammer_Sickle_and_Star.svg){kind=small} |
G. Ramakrishnan | 3 | |
| 4. | Communist Party of India |  |
Tha.Pandian | 3 | |
Voting and results edit
| Alliance | Party | Popular Vote | Percentage | Swing | Seats won | Seat Change | ||
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| DMK+ | Indian National Congress (Indira) | 5,821,411 | 31.62% |  9.35%
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20 | 6
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| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 4,236,537 | 23.01% | 4.40%
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16 | 14
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| Independent | 232,567 | 1.26% | 1 | |||||
| Total | 10,290,515 | 55.89% | 15.01%
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37 | 21
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| AIADMK+ | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 4,674,064 | 25.38% | 4.66%
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2 | 15
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| Janata Party | 1,465,782 | 7.96% | 9.71%
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0 | 3
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| Communist Party of India | 660,940 | 3.59% | 1.01%
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0 | 3
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| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 591,869 | 3.21% | 1.65%
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| Total | 7,392,655 | 40.14% | 13.73%
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2 | 21
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| Janata Party (Secular) | 98,729 | 0.54% | new party | 0 | new party | |||
| Indian National Congress (Urs) | 41,671 | 0.23% | new party | 0 | new party | |||
| Republican Party of India | 9,497 | 0.05% | 0.03%
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| Independents | 579,677 | 3.15% | 2.07%
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| Total | 18,412,744 | 100.00% |
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| Valid Votes | 18,412,744 | 98.11% | ||||||
| Invalid Votes | 355,074 | 1.89% | ||||||
| Total Votes | 18,767,818 | 100.00% | ||||||
| Reigstered Voters/Turnout | 28,113,893 | 66.76% | 0.37%
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- 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 edit
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu edit
Cabinet Ministers edit
| Minister | Party | Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha | Portfolios |
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| R. Venkataraman | INC | Madras South | Ministry of Finance |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "From the archives: Why is 1980 Tamil Nadu Assembly election worthy of note?". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 26 April 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.