Tamil Nadu assembly election, Jun 1980
234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, 64.54% turnout.
Seats
234
Candidates
1,029
17 women, 5 elected
Turnout
64.54%
1.88 cr of 2.92 cr
Leading party
ADK
129 of 234 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Tamil Nadu
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADKADK | 129 | -1 | 177 | 73,03,010 | 38.75% | +8.39 |
| DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 37 | -11 | 112 | 41,64,389 | 22.10% | -2.80 |
| INC(I)INC(I) | 31 | +31 | 114 | 39,41,900 | 20.92% | — |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 11 | -1 | 16 | 5,96,406 | 3.16% | +0.37 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 9 | +4 | 15 | 5,01,032 | 2.66% | -0.25 |
| INDIndependent | 8 | +7 | 467 | 13,52,622 | 7.18% | +2.63 |
| GKCGKC | 6 | +6 | 10 | 3,22,440 | 1.71% | — |
| JNPJPJNPJP | 2 | +2 | 95 | 5,22,641 | 2.77% | — |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 1 | 0 | 2 | 65,536 | 0.35% | +0.05 |
| INC(U)INC(U) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52,119 | 0.28% | — |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13,177 | 0.07% | — |
| RPIRPI | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6,637 | 0.04% | +0.01 |
| JNPJanata Party | 0 | -10 | 1 | 2,335 | 0.01% | -16.66 |
| JNPSRJNPSR | 0 | 0 | 3 | 762 | 0.00% | — |
- ADK129 (55%)
- DMK37 (16%)
- INC(I)31 (13%)
- CPM11 (5%)
- CPI9 (4%)
- IND8 (3%)
- Others9 (4%)
- ADK129
- DMK37
- INC(I)31
- CPM11
- CPI9
- IND8
- Others9
- ADK129
- DMK37
- INC(I)31
- CPM11
- CPI9
- IND8
- GKC6
- JNPJP2
- Others1
Constituency performance
From the 234 results in Tamil Nadu
Closest contest
THIRUVONAM
won by 62 (0.07%)
Biggest victory
ANDIPATTI
won by 27,982 (37.60%)
Highest turnout
PERAVURANI
83.16%
Lowest turnout
AVANASHI
47.00%
Seat change
Against Tamil Nadu's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1977), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained130 (56%)
- Changed hands100 (43%)
- New seat4 (2%)
130 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 100 changed hands. 4 did not exist at the previous election.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Tamil Nadu, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- ADK
- DMK
- INC(I)
- CPM
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 234 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 234
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACHARAPAKKAM | ADKGANESAN,C | DMKMANAVALAN,C.M | 1190.17% | 68.4% |
| ALANDUR | ADKABDUL RAZACK,K.M | INC(I)SAMPATH,N.P.L | 5,8395.82% | 60.1% |
| ALANGUDI | ADKTHIRUMARAN, P. | INC(I)PUSHPARAJU, T. | 14,60113.64% | 80.7% |
| ALANGULAM | GKCNAVANEETHA KRISHNA PANDIAN, R. | DMKDORAI SINGH, E. | 6,6848.73% | 66.3% |
| AMBASAMUDRAM | CPMEASWARMOORTHY ALIAS SORANAM | INC(I)SANGUMUTHU THEVARM S. | 4,2876.50% | 63.1% |
| ANAICUT | ADKVISWANATHAN,G | INC(I)JEEVARATHINAM, R | 5,9559.02% | 58.5% |
| ANDHIYUR | ADKGURUSWAMY, P. | DMKVADIVEL, T. G. | 13,83622.88% | 55.6% |
| ANDIMADAM | ADKKRISHNAMOORTHY, S. | DMKSIVASUBRAMANIAN, S. | 7080.99% | 70.4% |
| ANDIPATTI | ADKRAJENDRAN, S. S. | INC(I)KANDASAMY, K. | 27,98237.60% | 58.6% |
| ANNA NAGAR | DMKKARUNANIDHI,M | ADKHANDE,H.V | 6990.67% | 61.7% |
| ARANTANGI | ADKTHIRUNAVUKKARASU, S. | INDMOHAMED MASHOOD, M. | 14,27313.91% | 74.9% |
| ARAVAKURICHI | ADKSENNIMALAI ALIAS, KANDAHSAMY P. S. | INC(I)SHANMUGAM, K. | 4,9125.61% | 64.5% |
| ARCOT | ADKSETHURAMAN, A M | INC(I)AKBER PASHA, B | 1,9402.63% | 64.3% |
| ARIYALUR | DMKARUMUGAM, T. | ADKASOKAN. | 9,20410.52% | 75.1% |
| ARKONAM | ADKVIJAYASARATHY, M | INC(I)JAYARAJ, G | 9211.24% | 59.8% |
| ARNI | ADKSHANMUGAM, A. C | DMKSELVARASU, E | 5,0515.96% | 72.1% |
| ARUPPUKOTTAI | ADKPITUHAI, M. | DMKTHANGAPANDIAN, V. | 11,68514.73% | 67.8% |
| ATHOOR | ADKVELLAISAMY, A. | DMKRAJAMBAL | 16,36917.20% | 62.0% |
| ATTUR | INC(I)PALANIMUTHU, C | ADKKANDASAMI, P | 6,8919.59% | 63.4% |
| AVANASHI | CPIARUMUGAM, M. | INC(I)PALANISAMY, S. N. | 9,67115.75% | 47.0% |
| BARGUR | ADKDORAISAMY, BN.S | DMKMURUGESAN, K | 10,84815.57% | 61.6% |
| BHAVANI | ADKNARAYANAN, P. G. | INC(I)MADESWARAN, M. P. V. | 21,22629.27% | 60.6% |
| BHAVANISAGAR | ADKSUBRAMANIAM, G. K. | DMKSAMPOORNAM SWAMYNATHAN, | 10,70513.41% | 65.9% |
| BHUVANAGIRI | ADKSWAMINATHAN, V .V | INDASANUDEEN, K.S | 6,3247.53% | 71.0% |
| BODINAYAKKANUR | ADKSUBRAMANIAN, K. M. S. | INC(I)RAMACHANDRAN, K. S. M. | 16,95919.89% | 65.1% |
| CHENGALPATTU | ADKJAGADEESAN,ANOOR,P.G | INC(I)NATARAJAN,K | 5,1526.76% | 61.0% |
| CHENGAM | ADKSWAMIKANNU, T | INC(I)ARUMUGAM, A | 8361.50% | 54.2% |
| CHEPAUK | DMKRAHMAN KHAN,A | ADKABDUL KHADER,M.S | 9,22615.73% | 58.3% |
| CHERANMAHADEVI | ADKPANDIAN, P. H. | INC(I)RATNASABHAPATHY, V. | 12,11016.30% | 70.5% |
| CHEYYAR | DMKBABU JANARTHANAN | ADKVIZHI VENDAN, K. A. | 8,25010.52% | 68.4% |
| CHIDAMBARAM | ADKGANAPATHY, K. R | DMKKALIYAMOORTHY, DURAI | 3,2674.05% | 71.9% |
| CHINNASALEM | INC(I)SIVARAMAN, S | ADKAMBAYIRAM, A | 5,2476.99% | 64.9% |
| COIMBATORE EAST | CPMRAMANI, K. | INC(I)GANGA NAIR | 1330.18% | 52.8% |
| COIMBATORE WEST | ADKARANGANAYAGAM, C. | DMKRAMANATHAN, M. | 2,4273.07% | 58.6% |
| COLACHEL | DMKRETNARAJ | ADKSANOTSHAM, M. | 21,82234.06% | 55.6% |
| COONOOR | DMKRANGANATHAN, M. | ADKPERIASAMY, C. | 11,66819.27% | 53.8% |
| CUDDALORE | DMKBABU GOVINDARAJAN | ADKRAGUPATHI, A | 3,1413.80% | 62.0% |
| CUMBUM | ADKGOPALAN, R. T. | DMKCUMBUM MAHANDIRAN, A.K. | 12,18212.60% | 73.6% |
| DHARAPURAM | ADKPERIASAMY, A. | DMKPALANIAMMAL, V. P. | 10,43213.50% | 62.9% |
| DHARMAPURI | ADKARANGANATHAN, S. | INC(I)VADIVEL, D.N. | 1,5052.04% | 64.2% |
| DINDIGUL | INDVARADARAJAN, N. | INC(I)ABDUL KHADER, N. | 11,51911.46% | 63.6% |
| DR. RADHAKRISHNAN NAGAR | INC(I)RAJASEKARAN,V | ADKISARI D. VELAN | 7,1887.93% | 61.8% |
| EDAPADI | ADKGANESAN, I. | INDNATARAJAN, T. | 5,8195.96% | 68.1% |
| EGMORE | INC(I)ELLAYAPERUMAL,L | INC(U)SIVANESAN,D.R | 14,75623.64% | 53.2% |
| ERODE | ADKMUTHUSAMY, S. | INC(I)SAINATHAN, R. | 18,50316.81% | 62.7% |
| GINGEE | DMKRAMCHANDRAN, N | ADKKRISHNASAMY, G | 1,6331.95% | 67.0% |
| GOBICHETTIPALAYAM | ADKSENGOTTAYAN, K. A. | INC(I)SUBRAMANIAM, K. M. | 15,01319.94% | 65.5% |
| GUDALUR | DMKHUTCHI, K. | CPINARAYANAN NAIR, M. S. | 13,14420.87% | 55.0% |
| GUDIYATHAM | CPMSUNDARAM, K.R | INDWAHAB, K.A | 9,94014.13% | 63.4% |
| GUMMIDIPUNDI | ADKMUNIRATHINAM,R.S | DMKVENU,K | 7,8269.17% | 66.8% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Tamil Nadu alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the Tamil Nadu assembly election, Jun 1980?
ADK won 129 of 234 seats in Tamil Nadu, a clear majority.
What was the voter turnout in the Tamil Nadu assembly election, Jun 1980?
Turnout was 64.54% — 1.88 cr of 2.92 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Tamil Nadu have?
Tamil Nadu has 234 assembly seats.
