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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[1] 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.
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39 (of 542) seats to the Lok Sabha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 28,113,893 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 66.76%  0.37% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 1980 Election map (by constituencies) Green = INC(I)+ and Blue = JP+ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. |
Party | Election Symbol | Leader | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Indian National Congress |  | Indira Gandhi | 22 | |
| 2. | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |  | M. Karunanidhi | 16 | |
| 3. | Indian Union Muslim League |  | 1 | ||
| No. |
Party | Election Symbol | Leader | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |  | M. G. Ramachandran | 24 | |
| 2. | Janata Party | P. Ramachandran | 9 | ||
| 3. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | _election_symbol_-_Hammer_Sickle_and_Star.svg){kind=small} | G. Ramakrishnan | 3 | |
| 4. | Communist Party of India |  | Tha.Pandian | 3 | |
| Alliance | Party | Popular Vote | Percentage | Swing | Seats won | Seat Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK+ | Indian National Congress (Indira) | 5,821,411 | 31.62% |  9.35% |
20 | 6 | ||
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 4,236,537 | 23.01% | 4.40% |
16 | 14 | |||
| Independent | 232,567 | 1.26% | 1 | |||||
| Total | 10,290,515 | 55.89% | 15.01% |
37 | 21 | |||
| AIADMK+ | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 4,674,064 | 25.38% | 4.66% |
2 | 15 | ||
| Janata Party | 1,465,782 | 7.96% | 9.71% |
0 | 3 | |||
| Communist Party of India | 660,940 | 3.59% | 1.01% |
0 | 3 | |||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 591,869 | 3.21% | 1.65% |
0 |  | |||
| Total | 7,392,655 | 40.14% | 13.73% |
2 | 21 | |||
| Janata Party (Secular) | 98,729 | 0.54% | new party | 0 | new party | |||
| Indian National Congress (Urs) | 41,671 | 0.23% | new party | 0 | new party | |||
| Republican Party of India | 9,497 | 0.05% | 0.03% |
0 | | |||
| Independents | 579,677 | 3.15% | 2.07% |
0 | | |||
| Total | 18,412,744 | 100.00% | |
39 | | |||
| Valid Votes | 18,412,744 | 98.11% | ||||||
| Invalid Votes | 355,074 | 1.89% | ||||||
| Total Votes | 18,767,818 | 100.00% | ||||||
| Registered Voters/Turnout | 28,113,893 | 66.76% | 0.37% | |||||
| Minister | Party | Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha | Portfolios |
|---|---|---|---|
| R. Venkataraman | INC | Madras South | Ministry of Finance |
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