Salem
Lok Sabha 1980 · Tamil Nadu · Cast your People’s Vote
- Winner
- Palaniappan C.DMK
- Votes
- 233,97150.9% share
- Margin ?
- 26,258over ADK
- Turnout ?
- 68.1%470,633 of 691,389
- NOTA ?
- 0
Historical election results Official outcomes as published by the Election Commission of India, compiled by third parties and not verified by VotingBharat.com. Data sources
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palaniappan C. Winner | DMK | 233,971 | 50.85% |
| 2 | Kamnan P. | ADK | 207,713 | 45.14% |
| 3 | Gandhinathan M. | INC(U) | 5,381 | 1.17% |
| 4 | Sambalingam T. | IND | 3,327 | 0.72% |
| 5 | Balasubramaniam P.N. | IND | 3,007 | 0.65% |
| 6 | Ramaswami M. | IND | 1,864 | 0.41% |
| 7 | Vasanthi Muthu | IND | 1,442 | 0.31% |
| 8 | Vadivelu B. | IND | 1,092 | 0.24% |
| 9 | Kangani C.N. | IND | 953 | 0.21% |
| 10 | Kandasamy P. | IND | 918 | 0.20% |
| 11 | Thambi (Sakkari Gounder )S.C. | IND | 440 | 0.10% |
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Total valid votes were not provided by the source for this election; shares are the source's own percentages.
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Winners as in our results data. Boundaries may have changed between years.
Winning party by year
- 2024DMKby 70,357
- 2019DMKby 146,926
- 2014ADMKby 267,610
- 2009ADMKby 46,491
- 2004INCby 175,627
- 1999ADMKby 25,411
- 1998INDby 135,880
- 1996TMC(M)by 120,885
- 1991INCby 282,568
- 1989INCby 241,770
- 1984INCby 236,175
- 1980DMKby 26,258
- 1977ADKby 79,604
- 1971DMKby 54,796
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