Arkonam
Winner — 1980
Arkonam was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.2% — fewer than 921 votes separated winner from runner-up.
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VIJAYASARATHY, M |  ADKAIADMK-Congress(I) Alliance (1980) | 36,314 | 48.8% |
| 2 | JAYARAJ, G |  INC(I)AIADMK-Congress(I) Alliance (1980) | 35,393 | 47.6% |
| 3 | VARADARAJAN, M | JNP(JP) | 1,486 | 2.0% |
| 4 | NATARAJAN, S. M. N | IND | 758 | 1.0% |
| 5 | ANNIAPPAN, M | IND | 404 | 0.5% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
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.
Average turnout (118th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.
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A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.
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Megalithic cists and cairns bounded with stone circles
Megalithic cists and cairns bounded with stone circles
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Megalithic cists and cairns in virgin state.
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