Palani #22GEN

TAMIL NADU · Lok Sabha · 1980

Won

Sanapathi Goundar A.

INCI Indian National Congress (I)

Margin

59,568 13.5 pp

votes

over Lakshimipathyraju P.S.K (JP)

The contest

5 candidate rows

Electors7,62,601

Votes polled4,40,801

Turnout57.8%

NOTA did not exist NOTA was introduced in 2013

Male electors3.8 L49.8% of electorate

Female electors3.83 L50.2% of electorate

Sex ratio 1,007females per 1,000 males

Poll datenot digitised polling dates are sparse before 2005

5 rows · by votes

#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
1	Sanapathi Goundar A.	INCI	2,30,733	52.30%
2	Lakshimipathyraju P.S.K	JP	1,71,165	38.80%
3	Karvendan K.	IND	21,925	5.00%
4	Jhon Peeter S.A.	IND	6,067	1.40%
5	Appan K.K.	IND	2,107	0.50%

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 8,804, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.

candidates 431,997 · NOTA n/a · published 440,801 · neither convention holds

Reconciliation failed Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1980