1980 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

{{Infobox election

| election_name = Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1980

| country = India

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1977

| previous_year = 1977

| next_election = Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1984

| next_year = 1984

| election_date = January 1980

| seats_for_election = 39 (of 542) seats to the Lok Sabha

| registered = 28,113,893

| turnout = 66.76% {{decrease}}0.37%

| image1 ={{CSS image crop|Image=M._Karunanidhi_.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=0|oTop=0}}

| leader1 = M. Karunanidhi

| party1 = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

| alliance1 = Congress Alliance

| leaders_seat1 = Did not contest

| seats1 = 37

| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 21

| popular_vote1 =10,290,515

| percentage1 = 55.89%

| swing1 = {{increase}} 15.01%

| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=MGR portrait, from 2017 Stamp.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=0|oTop=0}}

| leader2 = M. G. Ramachandran

| leaders_seat2 = Did not contest

| party2 = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

| alliance2 = Janata alliance+LF

| seats2 = 2

| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 21

| popular_vote2 = 7,392,655

| percentage2 = 40.14%

| swing2 = {{decrease}} 13.73%

| map_image = 1980 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png

| map_size = 200px

| map_caption = 1980 Election map (by constituencies)
Green = INC(I)+ and Blue = JP+

| title =

| posttitle =

| before_election = Janata Party

| before_party =

| after_election =

| after_party = Indian National Congress (Indira)

}}

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{{Cite web|title=From the archives: Why is 1980 Tamil Nadu Assembly election worthy of note?|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/apr/27/from-the-archives-why-is-1980-tamil-nadu-assembly-election-worthy-of-note-2295297.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426230748/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/apr/27/from-the-archives-why-is-1980-tamil-nadu-assembly-election-worthy-of-note-2295297.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 April 2021|access-date=2021-09-17|website=The New Indian Express}} 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.

Seat Allotment

=Congress Front=

class="wikitable"
style="height: 50px;" ! scope="col" style="width:40px;"\| No. ! scope="col" style="width:300px;" colspan="2"\| Party ! scope="col" style="width:80px;"\| Election Symbol ! scope="col" style="width:180px;"\| Leader ! scope="col" style="width:60px;"\| Seats
style="height: 55px;" \| style="text-align:right;"\|1.	{{Full party name with color\|Indian National Congress}}	style="text-align:center;"\|50x50px	Indira Gandhi	style="text-align:center;"\|22
style="height: 55px;" \| style="text-align:right;"\|2.	{{Full party name with color\|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}	style="text-align:center;"\| 50x50px	M. Karunanidhi	style="text-align:center;"\|16
style="height: 55px;" \| style="text-align:right;"\|3.	{{Full party name with color\|Indian Union Muslim League}}	style="text-align:center;"\|50x50px	\| style="text-align:center;"\|1

=Janata Alliance=

class="wikitable"
style="height: 50px;" ! scope="col" style="width:40px;"\| No. ! scope="col" style="width:300px;"colspan="2"\| Party ! scope="col" style="width:80px;"\| Election Symbol ! scope="col" style="width:180px;"\| Leader ! scope="col" style="width:60px;"\| Seats
style="height: 55px;" \| style="text-align:right;"\|1.	{{Full party name with color\|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}	style="text-align:center;"\| 50x50px	M. G. Ramachandran	style="text-align:center;"\|24
style="height: 55px;" \| style="text-align:right;"\|2.	{{Full party name with color\|Janata Party}}		P. Ramachandran	style="text-align:center;"\|9
style="height: 55px;" \| style="text-align:right;"\|3. \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" \| \|Communist Party of India (Marxist)	style="text-align:center;"\|50x50px	G. Ramakrishnan	style="text-align:center;"\|3
style="height: 55px;" \| style="text-align:right;"\|4.	{{Full party name with color\|Communist Party of India}}	style="text-align:center;"\| 50x50px	Tha.Pandian	style="text-align:center;"\|3

Voting and results

File:1980 tamil nadu lok sabha election map by parties.png

class='wikitable'

!colspan="2" align=centre|Alliance

!colspan="2" align=centre|Party

!align=centre|Popular Vote

!align=centre|Percentage

!align=centre|Swing

!align=centre|Seats won

!align=centre|Seat Change

rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{Party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|

|rowspan="4"|DMK+

|bgcolor="{{Party color|Indian National Congress}}"|

|Indian National Congress (Indira)

|align=right|5,821,411

|align=right|31.62%

|align=right|{{increase}}9.35%

|align=right|20

|align=right|{{increase}}6

bgcolor="{{Party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|

|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

|align=right|4,236,537

|align=right|23.01%

|align=right|{{increase}}4.40%

|align=right|16

|align=right|{{increase}}14

bgcolor="{{Party color|Indian Union Muslim League}}"|

|Independent

|align=right|232,567

|align=right|1.26%

|align=right|

|align=right|1

|align=right|

style="background:#FF9494"|

|style="background:#FF9494" align=left|Total

|style="background:#FF9494" align=right|10,290,515

|style="background:#FF9494" align=right|55.89%

|style="background:#FF9494" align=right|{{increase}}15.01%

|style="background:#FF9494" align=right|37

|style="background:#FF9494" align=right|{{increase}}21

rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{Party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|

|rowspan="5"|AIADMK+

|bgcolor="{{Party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|

|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

|align=right|4,674,064

|align=right|25.38%

|align=right|{{decrease}}4.66%

|align=right|2

|align=right|{{decrease}}15

bgcolor="{{Party color|Janata Party}}"|

|Janata Party

|align=right|1,465,782

|align=right|7.96%

|align=right|{{decrease}}9.71%

|align=right|0

|align=right|{{decrease}}3

bgcolor="{{Party color|Communist Party of India}}"|

|Communist Party of India

|align=right|660,940

|align=right|3.59%

|align=right|{{decrease}}1.01%

|align=right|0

|align=right|{{decrease}}3

bgcolor="{{Party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|

|Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|align=right|591,869

|align=right|3.21%

|align=right|{{increase}}1.65%

|align=right|0

|align=right|{{nochange}}

style="background:#88D19F"|

|style="background:#88D19F" align=left|Total

|style="background:#88D19F" align=right|7,392,655

|style="background:#88D19F" align=right|40.14%

|style="background:#88D19F" align=right|{{decrease}}13.73%

|style="background:#88D19F" align=right|2

|style="background:#88D19F" align=right|{{decrease}}21

bgcolor="{{Party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}"|

|colspan="3" align=left|Janata Party (Secular)

|align=right|98,729

|align=right|0.54%

|align=right|new party

|align=right|0

|align=right|new party

bgcolor="{{Party color|Indian National Congress (U)}}"|

|colspan="3" align=left|Indian National Congress (Urs)

|align=right|41,671

|align=right|0.23%

|align=right|new party

|align=right|0

|align=right|new party

bgcolor="{{Party color|Republican Party of India}}"|

|colspan="3" align=left|Republican Party of India

|align=right|9,497

|align=right|0.05%

|align=right|{{increase}}0.03%

|align=right|0

|align=right|{{nochange}}

bgcolor="{{Party color|Independent politician}}"|

|colspan="3" align=left|Independents

|align=right|579,677

|align=right|3.15%

|align=right|{{decrease}}2.07%

|align=right|0

|align=right|{{nochange}}

colspan="4" align=left|Total

|align=right|18,412,744

|align=right|100.00%

|align=right|{{nochange}}

|align=right|39

|align=right|{{nochange}}

colspan="4" align=left|Valid Votes

|align=right|18,412,744

|colspan="4" align=right|98.11%

colspan="4" align=left|Invalid Votes

|align=right|355,074

|colspan="4" align=right|1.89%

colspan="4" align=left|Total Votes

|align=right|18,767,818

|colspan="4" align=right|100.00%

colspan="4" align=left|Registered Voters/Turnout

|align=right|28,113,893

|align=right|66.76%

|colspan="3" align=right|{{decrease}}0.37%

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

class="wikitable sortable"

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|Constituency

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|Winner

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right colspan="2"|Party

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Margin

!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Runner-up^a

!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right colspan="2"|Party^a

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Madras North

|G. Lakshmanan

|{{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

|99,318

|M. S. Abdul Khader

|{{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Madras Central

|A. Kalanidhi

|{{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

|105,049

|P. Ramachandran

|{{party name with color|Janata Party}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Madras South

|R. Venkataraman

|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}

|120,362

|E. V. K. Sulochana Sampath

|{{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Sriperumbudur

|T. Nagaratnam

|{{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

|82,777

|S. Jaganathan

|{{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Chengalpattu

|Era. Anbarasu

|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}

|110,016

|R. Mohanarangam

|{{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Arakkonam

|A. M. Velu

|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}

|117,361

|A. M. Raghunathan

|{{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Vellore

|A. K. A. Abdul Samad

|{{party name with color|Indian Union Muslim League}}

|79,546

|V. Dhandayuthapani

|{{party name with color|Janata Party}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Tiruppattur

|S. Murugaiyan

|{{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

|115,361

|M. Panduranganr

|{{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Vandavasi

|D. Pattuswamy Mudaliar

|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}

|127,154

|C. A. Venugopal Gounder

|{{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Tindivanam

|S. S. Ramasamy Padayachi

|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}

|156,898

|V. Munusamy Thirukkuralar

|{{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Cuddalore

|R. Muthukumaran

|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}

|108,651

|Aravinda Pala Pajanor

|{{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Chidambaram

|V. Kulandaivelu

|{{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

|138,725

|S. Mahalingam

|{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Dharmapuri

|K. Arjunan

|{{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

|66,871

|G. Bhuvarahan

|{{party name with color|Janata Party}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Krishnagiri

|Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy

|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}

|100,511

|V. Rajagopal

|{{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Rasipuram

|B. Devarajan

|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}

|59,872

|S. Anbalagan

|{{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Salem

|C. Palaniappan

|{{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

|26,258

|P. Kamnan

|{{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Tiruchengode

|M. Kandaswamy

|{{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

|21,218

|R. Kolandaivelu

|{{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Nilgiris

|R. Prabhu

|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}

|85,743

|T. T. S. Thippiah

|{{party name with color|Janata Party}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Gobichettipalayam

|G. Chinnasamy

|{{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

|13,875

|N. R. Thiruvenkadam

|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Coimbatore

|Ram Mohan

|{{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

|56,109

|Parvathi Krishnan

|{{party name with color|Communist Party of India}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Pollachi

|C. T. Dhandapani

|{{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

|15,735

|M. A. M. Natarajan

|{{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Palani

|A. Senapathi Gounder

|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}

|59,568

|P. S. K. Lakhmipathy Raju

|{{party name with color|Janata Party}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Dindigul

|K. Maya Thevar

|{{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

|26,746

|V. Rajan Chellappa

|{{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Madurai

|A. G. Subburaman

|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}

|69,195

|A. Balasubramanyam

|{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Periyakulam

|Cumbum N. Natarajan

|{{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

|19,882

|S. Ramasamy

|{{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Karur

|S. A. Dorai Sebastian

|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}

|74,143

|K. Kanagaraj

|{{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Tiruchirappalli

|N. Selvaraj

|{{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

|73,599

|T. K. Rangarajan

|{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Perambalur

|K. B. S. Mani

|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}

|99,172

|S. Thangaraju

|{{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Mayiladuthurai

|Kudanthai N. Ramalingam

|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}

|92,005

|S. Govindasamy

|{{party name with color|Janata Party}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Nagapattinam

|M. Thazhai Karunanithi

|{{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

|10,674

|K. Murugayan

|{{party name with color|Communist Party of India}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Thanjavur

|S. Singaravadivel

|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}

|44,539

|K. Thangamuthu

|{{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Pudukkottai

|V. N. Swaminathan

|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}

|16,099

|Kuzha Chellaya

|{{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Sivaganga

|R. V. Swaminathan

|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}

|134,561

|D. Pandian

|{{party name with color|Communist Party of India}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Ramanathapuram

|M. S. K. Sathyendran

|{{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

|84,133

|P. Anbalagan

|{{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Sivakasi

|N. Soundararajan

|{{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

|6,612

|V. Jayalakshmi

|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Tirunelveli

|D. S. A. Sivaprakasam

|{{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

|59,962

|V. Arunachalam

|{{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Tenkasi

|M. Arunachalam

|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}

|108,316

|S. Rajagopalan

|{{party name with color|Janata Party}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Tiruchendur

|K. T. Kosalram

|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|113,819

|N. Soundarapandian

|{{party name with color|Janata Party}}

bgcolor=#E6E6E6

|Nagercoil

|N. Dennis

|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}

|38,408

|P. Vijayaraghavan

|{{party name with color|Janata Party}}

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu

=Cabinet Ministers=

class="wikitable" width="80%" style="font-size: x-big; font-family: verdana"

! style="background-color:#666666; color:white; width:180px"|Minister

! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Party

! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha

! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Portfolios

|R. Venkataraman

|INC

|Madras South

|Ministry of Finance

References

Bibliography

[https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf Volume I, 1980 Indian general election, 7th Lok Sabha]

External links

[http://eci.nic.in/ Website of Election Commission of India]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090303040541/http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/stats.php CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History]

Category:1980 Indian general election by state or union territory

Category:Indian general elections in Tamil Nadu

Category:1980s in Tamil Nadu

class="wikitable"
style="height: 50px;" ! scope="col" style="width:40px;"\| No. ! scope="col" style="width:300px;" colspan="2"\| Party ! scope="col" style="width:80px;"\| Election Symbol ! scope="col" style="width:180px;"\| Leader ! scope="col" style="width:60px;"\| Seats
style="height: 55px;" \| style="text-align:right;"\|1.	{{Full party name with color\|Indian National Congress}}	style="text-align:center;"\|50x50px	Indira Gandhi	style="text-align:center;"\|22
style="height: 55px;" \| style="text-align:right;"\|2.	{{Full party name with color\|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}	style="text-align:center;"\| 50x50px	M. Karunanidhi	style="text-align:center;"\|16
style="height: 55px;" \| style="text-align:right;"\|3.	{{Full party name with color\|Indian Union Muslim League}}	style="text-align:center;"\|50x50px	\| style="text-align:center;"\|1

class="wikitable"
style="height: 50px;" ! scope="col" style="width:40px;"\| No. ! scope="col" style="width:300px;"colspan="2"\| Party ! scope="col" style="width:80px;"\| Election Symbol ! scope="col" style="width:180px;"\| Leader ! scope="col" style="width:60px;"\| Seats
style="height: 55px;" \| style="text-align:right;"\|1.	{{Full party name with color\|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}	style="text-align:center;"\| 50x50px	M. G. Ramachandran	style="text-align:center;"\|24
style="height: 55px;" \| style="text-align:right;"\|2.	{{Full party name with color\|Janata Party}}		P. Ramachandran	style="text-align:center;"\|9
style="height: 55px;" \| style="text-align:right;"\|3. \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" \| \|Communist Party of India (Marxist)	style="text-align:center;"\|50x50px	G. Ramakrishnan	style="text-align:center;"\|3
style="height: 55px;" \| style="text-align:right;"\|4.	{{Full party name with color\|Communist Party of India}}	style="text-align:center;"\| 50x50px	Tha.Pandian	style="text-align:center;"\|3

1980 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

Seat Allotment

=Congress Front=

=Janata Alliance=

Voting and results

List of Elected MPs

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu

=Cabinet Ministers=

See also

References

Bibliography

External links