page_title: 1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
hierarchical_section_title: 1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
caption_attribution_description: English: made election map using borders from ECI website using Inkscape.
context_page_description: The seventh legislative assembly election to Tamil Nadu was held on 28 May 1980. Election was held two years before the end of the term of M. G. Ramachandran administration, as it was dissolved for failure of state machinery by the then President of India Neelam Sanjiva Reddy. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam allied with the Indian National Congress and Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam with Janata Party. Despite their victory at the 1980 Lok Sabha polls, DMK and Indira Congress failed to win the legislative assembly election. ADMK won the election and its leader and incumbent Chief Minister, M. G. Ramachandran was sworn in as Chief Minister for the second time.
context_section_description: The seventh legislative assembly election to Tamil Nadu was held on 28 May 1980. Election was held two years before the end of the term of M. G. Ramachandran administration, as it was dissolved for failure of state machinery by the then President of India Neelam Sanjiva Reddy. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam allied with the Indian National Congress (Indira)  (this coalition has won more than 30 seats out of 40 in 1980 Lok sabha elections held months earlier) and Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam with Janata Party. Despite their victory at the 1980 Lok Sabha polls, DMK and Indira Congress failed to win the legislative assembly election.  ADMK won the election and its leader and incumbent Chief Minister, M. G. Ramachandran was sworn in as Chief Minister for the second time.
caption: 1980 election map (by constituencies)
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