1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

For Lok Sabha election, see 1980 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu.
1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
28 May 1980
All 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu
118 seats needed for a majority
Turnout65.42%
  First party Second party
 
Leader M. G. Ramachandran M. Karunanidhi
Party AIADMK DMK
Alliance AIADMK Alliance+LF INC+
Leader's seat Madurai West Anna Nagar
Seats won 162 69
Seat change 14 6
Popular vote 9,328,839 8,371,718
Percentage 48.92% 44.43%
Swing 18.56% 19.54%
1980 election map (by constituencies)
Alliance wise Result
Chief Minister before election

M. G. Ramachandran
AIADMK

Chief Minister

M. G. Ramachandran
AIADMK

The seventh legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 28 May 1980. The election was held two years before the end of the M. G. Ramachandran (MGR) administration's term, as it was dissolved for the failure of the state machinery by the then President of India Neelam Sanjiva Reddy. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam allied with the Indian National Congress (Indira) and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam allied with Janata Party. Despite their landslide victory of 37 out of 39 seats at the general election in January 1980, DMK and the Indira Congress failed to win the legislative assembly election. AIADMK won the election and its leader and incumbent Chief Minister MGR was sworn in as Chief Minister for the second time.

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