Cuddalore
Winner — 1980
A closely fought contest. BABU GOVINDARAJAN won with a 3.8% margin.
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BABU GOVINDARAJAN | DMK | 40,539 | 49.0% |
| 2 | RAGUPATHI, A |  ADKAIADMK-Congress(I) Alliance (1980) | 37,398 | 45.3% |
| 3 | BALAKRISHNA SETHUPATHY PADAYACHI, V | JNP(JP) | 4,077 | 4.9% |
| 4 | NARASIMHAN, T. R | IND | 191 | 0.2% |
| 5 | RAJAMANICKAM, M.P | IND | 171 | 0.2% |
| 6 | VISWANATHAN, R | IND | 161 | 0.2% |
| 7 | UTHIRAN, N.S | IND | 109 | 0.1% |
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 (102nd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
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Natural caverns known as Virapakshi Guhai and skandashram and path leading from Ramanashram
Natural caverns known as Virapakshi Guhai and skandashram and path leading from Ramanashram
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