Vellore #7GEN

TAMIL NADU · Lok Sabha · 1980

Won

Abdul Samad A.K.A.

IND Independent

Margin

79,546 18.5 pp

votes

over Dhandayuthapani V. (JP)

The contest

7 candidate rows

Electors7,07,512

Votes polled4,30,318

Turnout60.8%

NOTA did not exist NOTA was introduced in 2013

Male electors3.56 L50.3% of electorate

Female electors3.51 L49.7% of electorate

Sex ratio 987females per 1,000 males

Poll datenot digitised polling dates are sparse before 2005

7 rows · by votes

#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
1	Abdul Samad A.K.A.	IND	2,32,567	54.00%
2	Dhandayuthapani V.	JP	1,53,021	35.60%
3	Tamilmani M.J.	JPS	16,007	3.70%
4	Chicha (alias) Loganatha Naidu A.	IND	8,939	2.10%
5	Kamalakanan G.	IND	5,339	1.20%
6	Seshan I.S.	IND	4,120	1.00%
7	Ganesan P.S.	IND	1,983	0.50%

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 8,342, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.

candidates 421,976 · NOTA n/a · published 430,318 · neither convention holds

Reconciliation failed Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1980