Constituency
13. Mylapore
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-MYLAPORE
DMK 33.8%won by 6.4%JNP 27.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: NCO (NCO) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 6.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 45.0% to 33.8% of the vote here (−11.2%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 27.4% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.1% 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
77,167
Margin
4,906
6.36%
Candidates
6 contested · winner DMK- 1T.K. KAPALIDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK26,04433.8%
- 2LAKSHMI KRISHNAMURTHIJanata Party · JNP21,13827.4%
- 3MYLAI NARASIMHANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK19,13924.8%
- 4CHINNA ANNAMALAIIndian National Congress · INC10,44913.5%
- 5THIRUNAGAR RATHNAMHMS · HMS2610.3%
- 6P.M. RAJAVELANIndependent · IND1360.2%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- NCO
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–JNP swing
- −38.6%
- DMK share
- 45.0% → 33.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 27.4%
- Turnout
- — → —