Constituency
4. Park Town
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-PARK-TOWN
DMK 32.8%won by 4.7%JNP 28.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 4.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 45.3% to 32.8% of the vote here (−12.5%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 28.1% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.9% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
68,426
Margin
3,226
4.71%
Candidates
7 contested · winner DMK- 1T.S. NALLATHAMBIDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK22,43332.8%
- 2N.G. BHUVANESHWARIJanata Party · JNP19,20728.1%
- 3B. RAMABADHRANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK18,59827.2%
- 4A. KUPPUSWAMYIndian National Congress · INC7,42910.9%
- 5C. GOVINDARAGULU ALIAS JAGAGOTHIIndependent · IND3930.6%
- 6LIKMICHNAD SAKLECHAIndependent · IND2130.3%
- 7M. ARPUTHRAJIndependent · IND1530.2%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–JNP swing
- −40.6%
- DMK share
- 45.3% → 32.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 28.1%
- Turnout
- — → —