GEN · Tamil Nadu
Cumbum
Gopalan, R. T. (ADK) won by 12,182 votes (12.6%).
- Electors
- 1,31,390
- Votes polled
- 97,743
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 74.4%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1980 state median: 12.6% (median 8.6%). Back to Tamil Nadu 1980 · All years
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gopalan, R. T.Winner | ADK | 47,577 | 49.2% |
| 2 | Cumbum Mahandiran, A.K. | DMK | 35,395 | 36.6% |
| 3 | Chandrasekaran, P.K.R | IND | 12,800 | 13.2% |
| 4 | Chettiar, M.S. Ponnu | IND | 386 | 0.4% |
| 5 | Kamuthurai, S. | IND | 365 | 0.4% |
| 6 | Surulivelu, K. | IND | 173 | 0.2% |
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