Constituency
6. Purasawalkam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-PURASAWALKAM
DMK 45.1%won by 20.9%JNP 24.2%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.5% to 20.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 24.2% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.3% between them, down from 97.8% — 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
91,085
Margin
19,069
20.94%
Candidates
10 contested · winner DMK- 1K. ANBAZHAGANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK41,07345.1%
- 2T. S. GOVINDASWAMYJanata Party · JNP22,00424.2%
- 3P.A. VENKATESHWARALUAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK19,74521.7%
- 4R. DAKSHINAMOORTHYCommunist Party of India · CPI7,2067.9%
- 5H. STANLEYIndependent · IND2650.3%
- 6RAJESEKHARANIndependent · IND2480.3%
- 7JAYARAM AYA BABUIndependent · IND2050.2%
- 8R. SHAN MUGAMIndependent · IND1910.2%
- 9K.N. SAMPATH NAIDUIndependent · IND860.1%
- 10K.C.G. VERGHESEIndependent · IND620.1%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–JNP swing
- −35.2%
- DMK share
- 56.1% → 45.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 24.2%
- Turnout
- — → —