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1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

Election to the legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

Election to the legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu

FieldValue
election_name1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
countryIndia
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
turnout65.42%
previous_election1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
previous_year1977
next_election1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
next_year1984
election_date28 May 1980
seats_for_electionAll 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu
image1
leader1M. G. Ramachandran
leaders_seat1Madurai West
party1All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
alliance1AIADMK Alliance+LF
seats1162
seat_change114
popular_vote19,328,839
percentage148.92%
swing118.56%
image2File:GK_Moopanar_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg
leader2G. K. Moopanar
party2INC
alliance2INC+
leaders_seat2did not contest
seats269
seat_change26
popular_vote28,371,718
percentage244.43%
swing219.54%
map_image1980 tamil nadu legislative election map.png
map_size200px
map_caption1980 election map (by constituencies)
map2_imageTamil Nadu Assembly Alliance Result 1980.svg
map2_size300px
map2_captionAlliance wise Result
titleChief Minister
posttitleChief Minister
before_electionM. G. Ramachandran
before_partyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
after_electionM. G. Ramachandran
after_partyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
majority_seats118

The seventh legislative assembly election to Tamil Nadu was held on 28 May 1980. The election was held two years before the end of the term of M. G. Ramachandran administration, as it was dissolved for the failure of 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 with Janata Party. Despite their landslide victory of 37 out of 39 seats at the general election in January 1980, DMK and 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.

Background

The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam allied with Indian National Congress (Indira) in 1977 parliamentary election. However, when Janata Party won the election and Morarji Desai became the Prime Minister, M. G. Ramachandran extended unconditional support to the Janata party Government. He continued his support to the Charan Singh Government in 1979. After the fall of the Charan Singh government, fresh parliamentary elections were conducted in 1980. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam struck alliance with INC(I). AIADMK and Janata Party alliance won only 2 seats in Tamil Nadu in that parliamentary election. INC(I) won the election and Indira Gandhi became the Prime Minister.

Dismissal of AIADMK government

Congress-DMK victory in the 1980 parliamentary election emboldened their alliance and made them think that people lost their faith in M. G. Ramachandran government. DMK pressed the union government to dismiss the Tamil Nadu government. The AIADMK ministry and the assembly were dismissed by the union government on grounds of civil disorder due to Farmers protest for electricity subsidy. General elections were conducted in 1980.

Seat allotments

After the Lok Sabha election, negotiations in seat allotments between DMK and INC(I) were heated. They finally agreed on contesting in equal number of seats. This led to the debate on who the will be the Chief Minister if the alliance wins, which led to TNCC general secretary G.K. Moopanar and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi announcing that DMK president M. Karunanidhi will be the CM candidate for the alliance. Even after the announcement, party leaders were under the impression that DMK must outperform INC(I), in order for Karunanidhi to get the chief ministership.

AIADMK Front

No.
PartyElection SymbolLeaderSeats
1.[[File:Indian election symbol two leaves.svg50x50px]]M. G. Ramachandran177
2.Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"Communist Party of India (Marxist)[[File:CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg50x50px]]A. Balasubramaniam
3.[[File:CPI symbol.svg50x50px]]P. Manickam15
4.[[File:No flag.svg50x50px]]Kumari Ananthan10
5.2
Independent candidates supported by AIADMK
6.[[File:No flag.svg50x50px]]11

DMK+ Front

No.
PartyElection SymbolLeaderSeats
1.M. Karunanidhi112
2.[[File:Hand INC.svg50x50px]]G. K. Moopanar114
Unrecognized parties, whose candidates ran as an independent supported by INC(I) and DMK
3.K. M. Kader Mohideen6
4.[[File:No flag.svg50x50px]]2

Voting and results

Results by Pre-Poll Alliance

Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left

!colspan=10|[[File:India Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 1980.svg]] |- ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Alliance/Party !style="width:4px" | ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats won ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Change ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Popular Vote ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Vote % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Adj. %‡ |- ! style="background-color:#009900; color:white"|AIADMK+ alliance ! style="background-color: " | | 162 | +14

9,328,839
AIADMK
! style="background-color: #008000"
129
−1
7,303,010
38.8%
50.4%
-
CPI(M)
! style="background-color: #000080"
11
−1
596,406
3.2%
47.6%
-
CPI
! style="background-color: #0000FF"
9
+4
501,032
2.7%
43.9%
-
GKC
! style="background-color: teal"
6
+6
322,440
1.7%
44.1%
-
IND
! style="background-color: olive"
6
+6
488,296
2.6%

| |- |FBL ! style="background-color: #800000" | | 1 | – | 65,536 | 0.4%

44.6%
INC(U)
! style="background-color:"
0
52,119
0.3%
29.3%
-
! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"
! style="background-color: "
69
−6
8,371,718
-
DMK
! style="background-color: #FF0000"
37
−11
4,164,389
22.1%
45.7%
-
INC(I)
! style="background-color: #00FFFF"
31
+4
3,941,900
20.9%
43.4%
-
IND
! style="background-color: lime"
1
+1
265,429
1.4%

| |- ! style="background-color:gray; color:white"|Others ! style="background-color:gray" | | 3 | −8

1,144,449
JNP(JP)
! style="background-color: #FFFF00"
2
−8
522,641
2.8%
6.9%
-
IND
! style="background-color: #666666"
1
598,897
3.2%
-
! style="background-color: "
234
18,845,006
100%
-
}
: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.

Sources: Election Commission of India{{cite web | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006231656/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf | archive-date = 6 Oct 2010}} and Keesing's Report

By constituency

Assembly ConstituencyWinnerRunner UpMargin#kNameCandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%
1RoyapuramPonnurangam. P37,39050.31Pandian. D36,45549.05935
2HarbourSelvarasan. A32,71654.14Habibulla Baig. Dr.21,70135.9111,015
3Radhakrishnan NagarRajasekaran. V44,07648.62Isari Velan36,88840.697,188
4Park TownN. V. N. Somu38,09555.94Lalchand Daga. S.23,19734.0614,898
5PeramburBalan. S49,26954.59Murugaian. V40,98945.418,280
6PurasawalkamAnbazhagan. K52,72952.35Valampuri John47,02146.685,708
7EgmoreEllayaperumal. L38,20061.19Sivanesan. D. R23,44437.5514,756
8Anna NagarM. Karunanidhi51,29048.97H. V. Hande50,59148.31699
9Thiyagaraya NagarK. Sourirajan42,56650.58Chandran Jeyapal. R. E36,10042.896,466
10Thousand LightsKrishnasamy. K. A40,49950.19Sadiq Pasha. S. J40,19249.81307
11ChepaukA. Rahman Khan32,62755.64Abdul Khader. M. S23,40139.919,226
12TriplicaneK. S. G. Haja Shareef33,66452.77Sridharan. V. K26,78641.996,878
13MylaporeT. K. Kapali41,26049.66Manoharan. K37,94445.673,316
14SaidapetD. Purushothaman40,40347.95Saithai Duraisamy. S38,70645.941,697
15GummidipoondiR. S. Munirathinam41,84549.01Venu. K34,01939.847,826
16PonneriChakarapani. R42,40851.07Nagalingam. P27,49033.1114,918
17ThiruvottiyurKumari Ananthan48,45147.36Loganathan. T44,99343.983,458
18VillivakkamPrabakaran. J. C. D57,19247.84Suppu. K56,48947.25703
19AlandurK. M. Abdul Razack50,34550.18Sampath. N. P. L44,50644.365,839
20TambaramPammal Nallathambi59,93151.52Munu Adhi53,74646.26,185
21ThiruporurG. Chockalingam33,28750.63Govindarasan. M30,99047.132,297
22ChengalpattuP. G. Anoor Jegadeesan40,46653.07Natarajan. K35,31446.325,152
23MaduranthakamS. D. Ugamchand46,92256.84C. Arumugam35,11342.5411,809
24AcharapakkamC. Ganesan35,23350.08Manavalan. C. M35,11449.92119
25UthiramerurS. Jagathrakshakan43,30349.11Ramadoss. S41,71747.311,586
26KancheepuramP. Venkatasubramanian46,05148.25Sambandan. V43,85945.952,192
27SriperumbudurD. Yasodha37,37052.97Jaganathan. S31,34144.426,029
28PoonamalleeRajarathinam. D.38,01848.83Sambandan26,93034.5911,088
29ThiruvallurPattabiraman. S30,12141.49Purushothaman. R24,58533.875,536
30TiruttaniShanmugam. R35,84549.6Namashivayam. T25,75435.6410,091
31PallipetNarasimhan. P. M26,37735.03Eakambara Reddy. A25,96734.48410
32ArakkonamM. Vijayasarathy36,31448.84Jayaraj. G35,39347.6921
33SholingurC. Gopal Mudaliyar35,78349.4Moorthy. K35,62649.18157
34RanipetDurai Murugan44,31853.7Renu. N37,06444.917,254
35ArcotSethuraman. A M35,99848.85Akber Pasha. B34,05846.211,940
36KatpadiPoongavanam. N. A31,91846.48Shanmugasundaram. A. K26,63938.795,279
37GudiyathamSundaram. K. R30,86943.87Wahab. K. A20,92929.749,940
38PernambutMoorthy. G30,04845.31Rajarathinam. C24,71337.265,335
39VaniyambadiKulasekara Pandiyan. N38,04952.54Abdul Latheef. M34,37547.463,674
40NatrampalliAnbazhagan. T42,78649.82Raja. N. K36,16142.116,625
41Tirupattur (Vellore)B. Sundaram42,78654.74Ramasamy. G34,68244.378,104
42ChengamT. Swamikannu26,82348.06Arumugam. A25,98746.56836
43ThandarambattuVenugopal. D46,32663.86Kasinathan. U25,25734.8221,069
44TiruvannamalaiNarayanasamy. K54,43758.78Shunmugam. P. U36,05238.9318,385
45KalasapakkamP. S. Thiruvengadam44,92354.49Visvanathan. C. N32,97239.9911,951
46PolurL. Balaraman35,45648.92Selvan. A33,30345.952,153
47AnaikattuG. Viswanathan35,24253.37Jeevarathinam. R29,28744.355,955
48VelloreV. M. Devaraj43,12649.68Ranganathan. A. K38,61944.494,507
49AraniA. C. Shanmugam42,92850.65Selvarasu. E37,87744.695,051
50CheyyarBabu Janarthanan43,34155.26Vizhi Vendan. K. A.35,09144.748,250
51VandavasiKuppusami. C38,50150.21Kanniappan. C36,01946.972,482
52PeranamallurVenkitesan. P. M32,64544.09Margabandu. R31,76742.9878
53MelmalayanurChinnadurai. A39,57248.84Perumal Nainar. V39,37448.59198
54GingeeRamchandran. N41,70849.92Krishnasamy. G40,07547.961,633
55TindivanamThangamani Gounder. K. M29,77842.33Erajaram Reddy24,30234.555,476
56VanurN. Muthuvel38,88352.89Ramajayam. M. N33,63545.755,248
57KandamangalamKannan. M34,36849.49Madhavan. P32,01146.092,357
58VillupuramPalaniappan. K. P45,95252.02Rajarathinam. M40,79246.185,160
59MugaiyurSundaramurthy. R39,49053.17Ragothuman. G31,88942.947,601
60ThirunavalurSubramanian. V36,51748.29Manoharan. T. N. G. A36,34448.06173
61UlundurpetRangasamy. K40,06855.35Natesan. Karu30,11341.69,955
62NellikuppamKrishnamoorthi. V40,52655.17Govindarajan. C28,41538.6812,111
63CuddaloreBabu Govindarajan40,53949.05Ragupathi. A37,39845.253,141
64PanrutiS. Ramachandaran44,55751.88K. Nandagopala Krishnan40,07046.654,487
65KurinjipadiA. Thangarasu38,34949.65M. Selvaraj35,39045.822,959
66BhuvanagiriV. V. Swaminathan41,20749.1Asanudeen. K. S34,88341.566,324
67KattumannarkoilE. Ramalingam44,01259.46Mahalingam. P. S29,35039.6514,662
68ChidambaramK. R. Ganapathi41,72851.71Kaliyamoorthy Durai38,46147.663,267
69VriddhachalamR. Thiyagarajan45,38251.86C. Ramanathan41,23447.124,148
70MangaloreKaliamoorthy. P40,67848.9Kamaraj. S39,49547.481,183
71RishivandiyamSundaram. M38,23851.11Deiveekan. M33,31744.544,921
72ChinnasalemS. Sivaraman39,37052.45Ambayiram. A34,12345.465,247
73SankarapuramKalitheerthan. S36,35249.91Muthusami. D32,81145.053,541
74HosurT. Venkata Reddy25,85549.8Kothandaramaiah. K. S21,44341.314,412
75ThalliD. R. Rajaram Naidu25,55841.53Vijayendriah. D. R22,60136.722,957
76KaveripattinamSamarasam. K35,43451.13Venkatesan. S31,91146.053,523
77KrishnagiriChinnarasu. K. R28,02049.75Kamalanathan. M26,22346.551,797
78BargurDoraisamy. Bn. S39,89357.26Murugesan. K29,04541.6910,848
79HarurSabapathy. C.40,00957.66Natesan. T. V.27,40139.4912,608
80MorappurKuppusamy. N.43,09657.18Balasubramanian. R.29,96739.7613,129
81PalacodeMunusamy. M. B.38,99952.36Balasubhrmaniam . R.34,86446.814,135
82DharmapuriAranganathan. S.33,97746.12Vadivel. D. N.32,47244.081,505
83PennagaramTheertha Raman. P34,59052.74Marumuthu. K27,48141.97,109
84MetturNachimuthu. K. P48,84558.28Kandappan. S29,97735.7718,868
85TaramangalamSemmalai. S49,59760.33Narayanan. R27,21433.1122,383
86OmalurSivaperuman. M42,39958.2Marimuthu. C30,44741.811,952
87YercaudThiruman28,86951.35Natesan. R27,02048.061,849
88Salem-IKrishnaraj. G50,97652.55Amanullah Khan31,74532.7219,231
89Salem-IiArumugam. M40,97551.57Anbalagan. K36,23545.614,740
90VeerapandiP. Vijayalakshmi51,03457.95Srinivasan. K. P35,06139.8115,973
91PanamarathupattyRajaram. K44,21857.25Santhanantham. P. M31,61440.9312,604
92AtturC. Palanimuthu38,41653.44Kandasami. P31,52543.856,891
93TalavasalRajambal. T.38,21752.4Devarajan. M.34,71847.63,499
94RasipuramRamalingam. K. P49,77958.25Muthu. P. T.34,17539.9915,604
95SendamangalamSivaprakasam. S.37,57754.44Vadama Gounder30,54344.257,034
96NamakkalArunachalam R.42,85051.78Veluswamy K.38,95747.073,893
97KapilamalaiC. V. Velappan39,22445.11Sengottaiyan. P.33,82338.95,401
98TiruchengoduPonnaiyan. C.69,12255.34Kaliyannan. T. M.52,04641.6717,076
99SankariP. Dhanapal45,66456.61Varadarajan. R.33,10941.0412,555
100EdapadiI. Ganesan37,97838.93Natarajan. T.32,15932.975,819
101MettupalayamS. Palanisamy48,26658.96Vijayan. K.32,31139.4715,955
102AvanashiArumugam. M.33,29454.22Palanisamy. S. N.23,62338.479,671
103ThondamuthurChinnaraj.57,82257.54Manickkavachagam. R.42,67342.4615,149
104SinganallurKulasekar. A. D.44,52345.16Venkidu Alias Venkatasamy. R.41,30241.93,221
105Coimbatore (West)C. Aranganayagam38,06148.2M. Ramanathan35,63445.132,427
106Coimbatore (East)Ramani. K.33,66645.39Ganga Nair33,53345.21133
107PerurKovaithambi47,30848.04Natarasan. A.46,82347.54485
108KinathukadavuK. V. Kandaswamy42,82253.58Doraiswamy. S. T.37,09346.425,729
109PollachiM. V. Rathinam52,83356.61M. Kannappan39,79742.6413,036
110ValparaiA. T. Karuppiah46,40656.83N. Kovaithangam33,35440.8513,052
111UdumalaipettaiP. Kolandaivelu50,57052.34R. T. Mariyappan46,04947.664,521
112DharapuramPeriasamy. A.43,31956.05Palaniammal. V. P.32,88742.5510,432
113VellakoilRamasami. D.56,97562.63M. Andi Ambalam36,85952.4620,116
114PongalurP. Kandaswamy40,11658.67S. R. Balasubramaniam26,42038.6413,696
115PalladamP. N. Paramasiva Gounder40,30548.36K. N. Kumarasamy Gounder32,34538.817,960
116TiruppurManimaran. R.63,37156.98Mohan Kandasamy Alias P. Kandasamy Gounder39,27635.3224,095
117KangayamKrishnaswamy. K. G.45,95056.1Sivasabapathi. M.34,34141.9211,609
118ModakkurichiBalakrishnan. S.56,04958.67Ganesamoorthy. A.38,40240.217,647
119PerunduraiNallapan. T. K.44,21054.69Jaganathan. N. K. P.32,54340.2611,667
120ErodeS. Muthusamy62,34256.62Sainathan. R.43,83939.8218,503
121BhavaniP. G. Narayanan44,15260.89Madeswaran. M. P. V.22,92631.6121,226
122AnthiyurP. Guruswamy34,49857.06Vadivel. T. G.20,66234.1713,836
123GobichettipalayamK. A. Sengottaiyan44,70359.38Subramaniam. K. M.29,69039.4415,013
124BhavanisagarSubramaniam. G. K.38,55748.28Sampoornam Swamynathan.27,85234.8810,705
125SathyamangalamRangasamy. R.35,09650.04Rasappa. C. R.35,03649.9660
126CoonoorRanganathan. M.34,42456.85Periasamy. C.22,75637.5811,668
127UdhagamandalamK. Kallan35,52851.82B. Gopalan25,62837.389,900
128GudalurK. Hutchi Gowder36,78058.39Narayanan Nair. M. S.23,63637.5213,144
129PalaniN. Palanivel41,87453.12Mani. S. R. P.35,64645.226,228
130OddanchatramK. Kuppuswamy35,26945.26Palaniswamy. S. K.23,88230.6511,387
131PeriyakulamGopalakrishnan. K43,77454.01Sheik Abdul Kader. K.34,93843.118,836
132TheniV. R. Jayaraman51,53455.44Alagar Raja. N. R.41,41544.5610,119
133BodinayakkanurSubramanian. K. M. S.50,97259.77Ramachandran. K. S. M.34,01339.8916,959
134CumbumGopalan. R. T.47,57749.2Cumbum Mahandiran. A. K.35,39536.612,182
135AndipattiS. S. Rajendran44,49059.79Kandasamy. K.16,50822.1827,982
136SedapattiMuthiah. R.42,01259.87Thangarasan. R. S.28,15740.1313,855
137TirumangalamN. S. V. Chitthan35,18146.43Perumal. A. R.31,67941.813,502
138UsilampattiAndi Thevar. S.33,85747.67Muthuramalingam. P. K. M.21,53430.3212,323
139NilakottaiA. S. Ponnammal48,89261.6Manivasagam. A.30,48038.418,412
140SholavandanChandrasekaran. A.41,72050.28Manian. P. S.41,25549.72465
141ThiruparankundramK. Kalimuthu61,24760.53Seeni Thevar. P.38,74038.2922,507
142Madurai WestM. G. Ramachandran57,01959.61Pon. Muthuramalingam35,95337.5921,066
143Madurai CentralPazha Nedumara45,70058.13P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan31,56640.1514,134
144Madurai EastN. Sankaraiah36,86249.35Ramamoorthy. M. A.30,92341.45,939
145SamayanallurBaluchamy. A.50,61253.61Subashchandra Bose. P.42,95845.57,654
146MelurVeeranambalam. K. V.54,00354.6Paramasivan. A. M.41,84942.3112,154
147NathamAlagarsamy. T.32,47146.21Somasundaram. A.5090.7231,962
148DindigulN. Varadarajan55,19554.89Abdul Khader. N.43,67643.4411,519
149AthoorA. Vellaisamy55,35958.17Rajambal38,99040.9716,369
150VedasandurV. P. Balasubramanian58,12863.89Raju. G. P. V.32,85736.1125,271
151AravakurichiSennimalai Alias. Kandahsamy P. S.45,14551.6Shanmugam. K.40,23345.994,912
152KarurM. Chinnasamy54,33150.79S. Nallasamy46,02543.028,306
153KrishnarayapuramP. M. Thangavelraj43,62355.33Rengaraju. O.34,58443.869,039
154MarungapuriRaj Kumar. M. A.32,02141.98Ramanathan. V.28,44437.293,577
155KulithalaiKaruppaiah. R.44,52552.96Srinivasa Reddiar. P. E.36,33643.228,189
156ThottiamPeriasami. R.37,42642.89Jayaraj. T. P. K.37,11942.53307
157UppiliapuramArengarajan. V.43,26349.46Palanimuthu. R.40,99746.872,266
158MusiriRajamanickam. M. K.53,69752.2Natarajan. R.49,17147.84,526
159LalgudiAnbil P. Dharmalingam40,89940.9Swamickan. A.38,09938.12,800
160PerambalurJ. S. Raju28,68040.98Angamuthu. M.24,22434.624,456
161VarahurPerumal. N.39,47653.27Chinnaian. P.33,27744.96,199
162AriyalurT. Arumugam45,98052.53Asokan.36,77642.019,204
163AndimadamS. Krishnamoorthy36,12050.49Sivasubramanian. S.35,41249.51708
164JayankondamThangavelu. P.39,86245.76Selvarajan. T.34,95540.134,907
165SrirangamR. Soudararajan49,16053.48Swaminathan. V.42,76146.526,399
166Tiruchirappalli IMusiri Putthan. P.35,36149.68Krishnamurthi. A. V.33,18346.622,178
167Tiruchirappalli IiK. Soundararajan43,02955.52Kader Mohideen. M. K.34,46744.488,562
168ThiruverumburGurusamy Alias Annadasan. N.51,01256.24Murugesan. K. S.39,04743.0511,965
169SirkazhiK. Balasubramanian49,33457.78K. Subravelu36,05442.2213,280
170PoompuharVijayabalan. N.45,29253.36Ganesan. S.39,58746.645,705
171MayiladuthuraiN. Kittappa37,67148.89Bala Velayutham37,00148.03670
172KuttalamRajamanickam. R.44,25453.39Veeraiyan. G.33,36440.2510,890
173NannilamKalaiarasan. A.44,82952.73M. Manimaran39,68946.695,140
174ThiruvarurM. Sellamuthu45,55750.18Kuppusamy. Kovi43,95948.421,598
175NagapattinamR. Umanath44,10551.38Ramanatha Thevar. S. S. R.41,73848.622,367
176VedaranyamM. S. Manickam52,31160.86M. Meenakshi Sundaram32,65637.9919,655
177ThiruthuraipoondiP. Uthirapathy62,05161.2V. Vedaiyan39,34538.822,706
178MannargudiM. Ambigapathi51,81856.33Gopalasamy Thenkondar M.33,49636.4118,322
179PattukkottaiSomasundaram. S. D.52,90054.96Marimuthu. A. R.42,30243.9510,598
180PeravuraniGovendan. M. R.56,01058.56Palanivel. A.39,63341.4416,377
181OrathanaduT. Veeraswamy47,02150.53T.M. Thailappan45,40248.791,619
182ThiruvonamSivagnanam. N.44,74849.36Durai Govindarajan44,68649.2962
183ThanjavurS. Natarajan40,88050.61Ramamurthy. A.39,90149.39979
184ThiruvaiyaruSubramanian. M.42,63655.14Elangovan. G.32,96742.649,669
185PapanasamS. Rajaraman36,10150.3Narayanaswamy. Govi33,15246.192,949
186ValangimanGomathy40,66756.11Chellappa. A.29,50240.711,165
187KumbakonamPakeer Mohamed. E. S. M.45,03855.98Eradha. S. R.35,41544.029,623
188ThiruvidaimarudurRamalingam. S.46,94353.31Rajamaniekam. K.41,11146.695,832
189ThirumayamSundararaj. N.39,47945.72Pulavar Ponnambalam39,25645.46223
190KolathurMarimuthu. T.50,81057.25Thamizhselvan. A. Keerai.37,20041.9113,610
191PudukkottaiRajakumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman47,66049.71Subbiah. K. R.46,38748.381,273
192AlangudiP. Thirumaran59,20655.33T. Pushparaju44,60541.6814,601
193AranthangiSu. Thirunavukkarasar50,79249.5Mohamed Mashood. M.36,51935.5914,273
194Tiruppattur (Sivaganga)Valmigi. V.34,34242Madhavan. S.20,11624.614,226
195KaraikudiChidambaram. C. T.46,54151.78Kaliappan. P.42,64847.453,893
196TiruvadanaiAnguchamy. S.34,39237.96Ramanathan Thevar. A. T. M.32,40635.771,986
197IlayangudiSivasamy. S.34,43746.51Malaikkannan. V.34,38146.4356
198SivagangaO. Subramanian41,32756.94Natarajasamy. N.29,87541.1611,452
199ManamaduraiK. Paramalai38,43550.52Krishnan. U.36,82448.41,611
200ParamakudiR. Thavasi43,71054.22Elamaran. A.34,87643.268,834
201RamanathapuramT. Ramasamy46,98757.63Zeenath Sheriffdeen32,75540.1814,232
202KadaladiS. Sathiamoorthy40,24651.41Abdul Cadir. T. S. O.37,01047.283,236
203MudukulathurC. Dinesh Thevar42,71151.43Balakrishnan. S.37,17544.775,536
204AruppukottaiM. Pitchai42,58953.67V. Thangapandian30,90438.9511,685
205SatturK. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran54,72055.1Saudi Sundara Barati. S.43,79544.110,925
206VirudhunagarM. Sundararajan40,28548.86P. Seenivasan29,66535.9810,620
207SivakasiV. Balakrishnan53,08161.32S. Alagu Thevar27,34831.5925,733
208SrivilliputhurR. Thamaraikani46,88252.36Karruppiah Thevar P.29,21632.6317,666
209RajapalayamP. Mokkian38,33944.07Pottu Pottan K.29,75834.28,581
210VilathikulamPerumal R. K.40,72853.75Kumaragurubara Ramanathan S.34,08844.996,640
211OttapidaramAppadurai. M.33,07152.11Veluchami. O. S.30,39347.892,678
212KovilpattiAlagarasamy. S.39,44251.37Jeyalakshmi. V.30,79240.118,650
213SankarankoilP. Durairaj31,81848.87Madan. K.29,43645.212,382
214VasudevanallurR. Krishnan33,10750.51Eswaran. R.29,92145.653,186
215KadayanallurA. Shahul Hameed38,22550.71Gani A. M. Alias Mohideen Pitchai. A.36,35448.231,871
216TenkasiA. K. Sattanatha Karayalar36,63849.88Ramanan Alias Venkataramanan. T. R.35,96348.96675
217AlangulamNavaneetha Krishna Pandian. R.41,27153.88Dorai Singh. E.34,58745.156,684
218TirunelveliV. R. Nedunchezhiyan48,33857.96Rajathi Kunchithapatham34,14240.9414,196
219PalayamkottaiV. Karuppasamy Pandian45,04957.96Seetharaman. Suba32,68042.0412,369
220CheranmahadeviP. H. Pandian42,79357.62Ratnasabhapathy. V.30,68341.3112,110
221AmbasamudramEaswarmoorthy (Soranam)31,26247.39Sangumuthu Thevarm S.26,97540.894,287
222NanguneriM. John Vincent36,72552.18Thangaraj. J.32,67646.434,049
223RadhapuramE. Muthuramalingam38,04453.95Nellai Nedumaran31,40844.546,636
224SattangulamRamasamy. S. N.24,70041.24Dhanuskodi Athithan. R.23,68839.551,012
225TiruchendurKesava Athithan. S.35,49949.49Samsudin Alias Kathiravan34,29447.811,205
226SrivaikuntamRamasubramanian. E.26,50238.99Shanmugam. V.24,40435.912,098
227ThoothukkudiRajendran. S. N.54,17157.61Krishnan. R.39,36541.8614,806
228KanniyakumariS. Muthukrishnan35,61347.58Mathevan Pillai. A.28,51538.17,098
229NagercoilVincent. M.39,32854.76Thiraviam. A.30,04541.839,283
230ColachelS. Retnaraj42,94967.03Sanotsham. M.21,12732.9721,822
231PadmanabhapuramP. Mohammad Ismail19,75837.27Lawrence. K.17,43432.882,324
232ThiruvattarHemachandran J.29,46347.71Thobias P.17,09927.6912,364
233VilavancodeMoni D.34,17053.66Davis Raj P.25,34839.818,822
234KilliyoorP. Vijayaraghavan31,52154.28Russel Raj C.16,69128.7414,830

M.G.R's Second Cabinet

After the Seventh General Elections held in 1980, a new Ministry with Dr. M. G. Ramachandran as Chief Ministers was formed on the noon of 9 June 1980. The names of the Ministers with their portfolios are given below:

S.noNameConstituencyDesignationPortfoliosParty
Chief Minister
1.Dr. M. G. RamachandranMadurai (West)Chief MinisterAIADMK
Cabinet Ministers
2.Dr. V. R. NedunchezhiyanTirunelveliMinister for Finance MinisterAIADMK
3.S. RamachandranPanrutiMinister for ElectricityAIADMK
4.K. A. KrishnaswamyThousand LightsMinister for Rural Industries-MinisterAIADMK
5.S. D. SomasundaramPattukkottaiMinister for Revenue
Minister for Prohibition and ExciseAIADMK
6.R. M. VeerappanMinister for Information and religious Endowments,AIADMK
7.C. AranganayagamCoimbatore (South)Minister for EducationAIADMK
8.K. KalimuthuThiruparankundramMinister for AgricultureAIADMK
9.C. PonnaiyanTiruchengodeMinister for Co-operation and Law-MinisterAIADMK
10.P. KolandaiveluUdumalaipettaiMinister for Local Administration-MinisterAIADMK
11.S. RaghavanandamMinister for LabourAIADMK
12.Dr. H. V. HandeMinister for Health-MinisterAIADMK
13.K. Raja MohammedMinister for Irrigation-MinisterAIADMK
14.S. MuthusamyErodeMinister for TransportAIADMK
15.Su. ThirunavukkarasarArantangiMinister for IndustriesAIADMK
16.S. N. RajendranThoothukkudiMinister for Handlooms and Khadi-MinisterAIADMK
17.M. VijayasarathyArakkonam (SC)Minister for Harijan Welfare-MinisterAIADMK
18.Gomathi SrinivasanValangiman (SC)Minister for Social Welfare-MinisterAIADMK

Thiruvalargal S.R. Eradha and M.R. Govendan and Selvi P. Vijayalakhsmi were appointed as additional Members of the Council of Ministers with effect from 1 July 1983. Consequently the business of the Government was re-allocated among the Ministers as follows with effect from 1 July 1983:

  1. Thiru M. G. Ramachandran, Chief Minister-Minister in-charge of Public, General Administration, Indian administrative Service, District Revenue Officers, Deputy Collectors, Police, Prevention of corruption, Planning Molasses and Archaeology.

  2. Thiru (Dr.). V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, Minister for Finance-Minister-in-charge of Finance, Legislature, Elections, Food, Youth Service Corps, Price Control and exservicemen.

  3. Thiru S. Ramachandran, Minister for Electricity-Minister-in-charge of Electricity, Iron and Steel control.

  4. Thiru K. A. Krishnasamy, Minister for Rural Industries-Minister-in-charge of Rural Industries including Village, Cottage and small Industries, Milk Dairy development, Registration and Stamp Act.

  5. Thiru S. D. Somasundaram, Minister for Revenue-Minister-in-charge of Revenue, Commercial Taxes, Excise and Census.

  6. Thiru R. M. Veerappan, Minister for Information and Religious Endowments Minister-in-charge of Information and Publicity, Film Technology, Tourism, Tourism Development corporation, Cinchona and Grant of Liquor Permits.

  7. Thiru C. Arangayagam, Minister for Education-Minister-in-charge of Education including Technical education, Official Language and Handlooms.

  8. Thiru K. Kalimuthu, Minister for Agriculture-Minister-in-charge of Agriculture, Agricultural Refinance, Agricultural Engineering Wing and Agro-Engineering

  9. Thiru C. Ponnaiyan, Minister for Co-operation and Law-Minister-in-charge of Law, Courts, Prisons, Legislation on Weights and Measures, Registration of companies, Debt Relief including Legislation on Money Lending and Legislation on Chits and Co-operation.

  10. Thiru P. Kulandaivelu, Minister for Local Administration-Minister-in-charge of Municipal Administration, Panchayats, and Panchayat Unions, Community Development, Rural Indebtedness Bhoodan and Gramdhan and Highways.

  11. Thiru S. Raghavanandham, Minister for Labour-Minister-in-charge of Labour, Housing, slum-clearance Board, Statistics, Tamil Nadu water Supply and Drainage Board, Town Planning and Accommodation Control

  12. Thiru (Dr.) H. V. Hande, Minister for Health-Minister-in-charge of Health.

  13. Thiru K. Raja Mohammed, Minister for Irrigation-Minister-in-charge of AgroService, Co-operative Societies, Irrigation including Minor Irrigation and Wakf.

  14. Thiru S. Muthusamy, Minister for transport-Minister-in-charge of Transport, Nationalised Transport, Motor Vehicles Act and Ports.

  15. Thiru S. Thirunavukkarasu, Minister for Industries-Minister-in-charge of Large Scale Industries, Mines and Minerals and Textiles.

  16. Thiru S. N. Rajendran, Minister for Public works-Minister-in-charge of Prohibition excluding grant of liquor permits, Passports, P.W.D. and Establishment matters relating to public Works Department.

  17. Thiru M. Vijayasarathi, Minister for Adi-Dravidar Welfare-Minister-in-charge of Adi-Dravidar Welfare, Stationery and Printing, Government Press, News Print control, Hilo Tribes and Bonded Labour and Employment Training.

  18. Thiru S. R. Eradha, Minister for Fisheries-Minister-in-charge of Fisheries.

  19. Thiru M. R. Govendan, Minister for Backward Classes: Minister-in-charge of Backward Classes.

  20. Thirumathi Gomathi Sainivasan, Minister for Social Welfare: Minister-in charge of Social welfare including women and Children welfare, Animal Husbandry, Beggars Home, Orphanages, Indian Overseas, Refugees and Evacuees and Correctional Administration.

  21. Selvi P. Vijayalakshmi, Minister for Khadi-Minister-in-charge of Khadi. Thiru K. Raja Mohammed ceased to be a Member of the Council of Ministers and Tvl. R. Soundararajan, Y. S. M. Yusuf, R Arunachalam and K.Kalaimani were appointed as additional Members of the Council of Minister with effect from 9 September 1983. Consequently the business of the Government was re-allocated among the Ministers as follows with effect from 9 September 1983:

  22. Thiru (Dr). M. G. Ramachandran, Chief Minister-Minister-in-charge of Public, General Administration, Indian Administrative Service and Other All India Services, District Revenue Officers, Deputy Collectors, Police, Prevention of Corruption, Planning, Molasses, Archaeology and Excise.

  23. Thiru (Dr). V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, Minister for Finance-Minister-in-charge of Finance. Legislature, Election, Food, Youth Service Corps, Price Control and Ex-servicemen.

  24. Thiru S. Ramafhandran, Minister for Electricity-Minister-in-charge of Electricity, Iron and Steel Control.

  25. Thiru K. A. Krishnaswamy, Minister for Dairy Development-Minister-in-charge of Milk, Dairy Development, Registration and Stamp Act.

  26. Thiru S. D. Somasundaran, Minister for Revenue. Minister-in-charge of Revenue, Commercial Taxes and Census.

  27. Thiru R. M. Veerappan, Minister for Information and Religious Endowments. Minister-in-charge of Information and Publicity Film Technology, Tourism, Tourism Development Corporation, Cinematograph Act, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments, Forest, Cinchona and Grant of Liquor Permits.

  28. Thiru C. Aranganayagam, Minister for Education: Minister-in-charge of Education Including Technical Education Official Language, and Handlooms.

  29. Thiru K. Kalimuhth, Minister for Agriculture: Ministers in Charge of Agriculture, Agricultural Refinance, Agricultural Engineering Wing and Agro Engineering.

  30. Thiru C. Ponnaiyan, Minister for Co-operation and Law: Ministers in Charge of Law, Courts Prisons, Legislation on Weights and Measures, Registration of Companies, Debt Relief Including Legislation on Money Lending and Legislation on Chits and Co-operation.

  31. Thiru P. Kulandaivelu, Minister for Local Administration: Minister in Charge of Municipal Administration, Panchayats and Panchayat Union, Community Development, Rural Indebtedness, Bhodhan and Gramphan and Highway.

  32. Thiru S. Raghavanandham, Minister for Labour: Minister in Charge of Labour, Housing, Slum Clearance Board, Statistics, Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, Town Planning and Accommodation Control:

  33. Thiru (Dr.) H. V. Hande, Minister for Health: Minister in Charge of Health.

  34. Thiru S. Muhtusamy, Minister for Transport: Minister in Charge of Transport, Nationalised Transport Motor Vehicles Act and Ports.

  35. Thiru S. Thirunavukkarasu, Minister for Industries: Minister in Charge of Large Scale Industries Mines and Minerals and Textiles.

  36. Thiru S. N. Rajendran, Minister for Public Works: Minister in charge of Prohibition excluding grant of Liquor permits, Passports, P.W.D. and Establishment matters relating to Public Works Department.

  37. Thiru M. Vijayasarathi, Minister for Adi-dravidar Welfare. Minister in Charge of Adi-dravidar Welfare, Stationery and Printing, Government Press, News Print Control, Hill Tribes and Bonded Labour and Employment Training.

  38. Thiru R. Soundararajan, Minister for Nutritious Meals: Minister in Charge of Nutritious Meals.

  39. Thiru S. R. Eradha, Minister for Environmental Pollution Control. Minister in Charge of Environmental Pollution Control.

  40. Thiru M. R. Govendan, Minister for Backward Classes. Minister in Charge of Backward Classes.

  41. Thirumathi Gomathi Srinivasan, Minister for Social Welfare. Minister in Charge of Social Welfare Including Women and Children Welfare, Animal Husbandry, Beggars Home, Orphanages, Indian Overseas, Refugees and Evacuees and Correctional Administration.

  42. Thirumathi Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy, Minister for Khadi. Minister in Charge of Khadi.

  43. Thiru Y. S. M. Yusuf, Minister for Irrigation and Wakf. Minister in Charge of Agro Services Co-operative Societies, Irrigation Including Minor Irrigation and Wakf.

  44. Thiru R. Arunachalam, Minister for Rural Industries-Minister in Charge of Rural Industries Including Village, Cottage and Small Industries.

  45. Thiru K. Kalaimani, Minister for Fisheries. Minister in Charge of Fisheries.

Thiruvalargal T. Veerasamy and K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran were appointed as additional Members of the Council of Ministers with effect from 5 September 1984. The business of the Government was re-allocated among the Ministers as follows with effect from 5 September 1984.

  1. Thiru (Dr.) M. G. Ramachandran Chief Minister, Minister in Charge of Public, General Administration, Indian Administrative Service and Other All India Services, District Revenue Officers, Deputy Collectors, Police, Prevention of Corruption, Planning, Molasses Archaeology, Prohibition Excluding Grant of Liquor Permits, Electronics, Science and Technology.
  2. Thiru (Dr.) V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, Minister for Finance. Minister in Charge of Finance, Revenue, Legislature, Elections, Youth Service Corps, and Ex-servicemen.
  3. Thiru S. Ramachandran, Minister for Electricity. Minister in Charge of Electricity, Iron and Steel Control.
  4. Thiru K. A. Krishnasamy, Minister for Dairy Development. Minister in Charge of Milk, Dairy Development, Registration and Stamp Act.
  5. Thiru R. M. Veerappan, Minister for Information and Religious Endowments. Minister in Charge of Information and Publicity, Film Technology, Tourism, Tourism Development Corporation, Cinematograph Act, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments, Forest, Cinchona and Grant of Liquor Permits.
  6. Thiru C. Aranganayagam, Minister for Education. Minister in Charge of Education and Official Language.
  7. Thiru (Dr.) K. Kalimuthu, Minister for Agriculture. Minister in Charge of Agriculture, Agricultural Refinance, Agricultural Engineering Wing and Agro-engineering.
  8. Thiru C. Ponnaiyan, Minister for Law and Industries. Minister in Charge of Law, Courts, Prisons, Legislation on Weights and Measures, Registration of Companies, Debt Relief Including Legislation on Money Lending and Legislation on Chits, Large Scale Industries, Mines and Minerals.
  9. Thiru P. Kulandaivelu, Minister for Nutritious Meals-Minister in Charge of Nutritious Meals, Bhoodan and Gramdhan and Highways.
  10. Thiru S. Raghavanandham, Minister for Labour-Minister in Charge of Labour, Statistics, Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, Town Planning and Accommodation Control.
  11. Thiru (Dr.) H. V. Hande, Minister for Health. Minister in Charge of Health.
  12. Thiru S. Muthusamy, Minister for Transport-Minister in Charge of Transport, Nationalised Transport, Motor Vehicles Act and Ports.
  13. Thiru S. Thirunavukkarasu, Minister for Commercial Taxes and Handloomsminister in Charge of Commercial Taxes, Excise, Handlooms and Textiles.
  14. Thiru S. Rajendran, Minister for Environmental Pollution Control-Minister in Charge of Environmental Pollution Control and Passport.
  15. Thiru M. Vijayasarathi, Minister for Adi-drav9dar Welfare-Minister in Charge of Adi-dravidar Welfare, Stationery and Printing, Government Press, News Print Control, Hill Tribes and Bonded Labour and Employment Training.
  16. Thiru R. Soundararajan, Minister for Local Administration-Minister in Charge of Municipal Administration, Panchayats and Panchayat Unions, Community Development And\ Rural Indebtedness.
  17. Thiru S. R. Eradha, Minister for Public Works-Minister in Charge of Housing, Slum Clearance Board, Public Works Department and Establishment Matters Relating to Public Works Department.
  18. Thiru M. R. Govendan, Minister for Backward Classes-Minister in Charge of Backward Classes.
  19. Thirmathi Gomathi Srinivasan, Minister for Social Welfare-Minister in Charge of Social Welfare Including Women and Children Welfare, Animal Husbandry, Beggars Home, Orphanages, Indians Overseas, Refugees and Evacuees and Correctional Administration.
  20. Thirumathi Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy, Minister for Khadi-Minister in Charge of Khadi.
  21. Thiru Y. S. M. Yusuf, Minister for Irrigation and Wakf-Minister in Charge of Agro Service Co-operative Societies, Irrigation Including Minor Irrigation and Wakf.
  22. Thiru R. Arunachalam, Minister for Rural Industries-Minister in Charge of Rural Industries Including Village, Cottage and Small Industries.
  23. Thiru K. Kalaimani, Minister for Fisheries-Minister in Charge of Fisheries.
  24. Thiru T. Veeraswamy, Minister for Food-Minister in Charge of Food, Price Control and Census.
  25. Thiru K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran, Minister for Co-operation-Minister in Charge of Co-operation.

Footnotes

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