Constituency
1. Muthialpet
Community mirrorPuducherry Assembly Election, 1977
PY-MUTHIALPET
AIADMK 42.7%won by 14.9%JNP 27.8%
What changed here
DerivedAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.8% to 14.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 27.8% — it did not contest here in 1974.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.5% between them, down from 82.9% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
9,769
Margin
1,457
14.91%
Candidates
6 contested · winner AIADMK- 1G. PALANI RAJAAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK4,17042.7%
- 2M. VELAYUDHAMJanata Party · JNP2,71327.8%
- 3K. MURUGAIANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,31913.5%
- 4A. BALASUBRAMANIANIndian National Congress · INC1,29513.3%
- 5G. BHUVANENDIRANIndependent · IND2032.1%
- 6M. VELAYUDHAM CHETTIARIndependent · IND690.7%
Since 1974
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- AIADMK
- AIADMK–JNP swing
- −29.0%
- AIADMK share
- 43.9% → 42.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 27.8%
- Turnout
- — → —