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Tamil Nadu · PC 30 · 1980 by-electionReserved (SC)
NagapattinamLok Sabha by-election result, 1980
Murugaiyan.k (CPI) won Nagapattinam in the 1980 Lok Sabha by-election with 51.1% of the vote, beating Mahalingam.m (ADK) by 15,941 votes.
Winner — 1980 by-election
MURUGAIYAN.K
CPI 51.1%ADK 48.3%2 others 0.6%
Votes
2,88,000
51.1% share
Winning margin
15,941
2.8% of votes
Total votes cast
5,63,400
Candidates
4
Seat history
All Candidates
4 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MURUGAIYAN.K | 2,88,00051.1% | |
| 2 | MAHALINGAM.M | 2,72,05948.3% | |
| 3 | P.SALVAM.A IND | IND | 2,2000.4% |
| 4 | EMMANUEL RAMARAJ.V.M IND | IND | 1,1410.2% |
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
A close contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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2.8%
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
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Essentially two
CPI and ADK took 99% of the votes.
Effective number of parties: 2.02 — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How often does it back the winner?
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…How did the vote split?
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51.1%won by CPI
CPI 51.1%ADK 48.3%Others 0.6%
This seat number was reused from 2009. The district and local data on file describe the seat as contested from 2009, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
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