Constituency
24. Karaikal South
Community mirrorPuducherry Assembly Election, 1977
PY-KARAIKAL-SOUTH
AIADMK 47.4%won by 10.0%JNP 37.3%
What changed here
DerivedAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.4% to 10.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 37.3% — it did not contest here in 1974.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.7% of the vote between them, up from 73.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
7,230
Margin
726
10.04%
Candidates
5 contested · winner AIADMKSince 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
- −36.8%
- AIADMK share
- 46.8% → 47.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 37.3%
- Turnout
- — → —