Constituency
14. Saidapet
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-SAIDAPET
DMK 36.7%won by 7.1%AIADMK 29.6%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.8% to 7.1%.
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 17.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 29.6% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.3% between them, down from 98.2% — 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
74,014
Margin
5,278
7.13%
Candidates
6 contested · winner DMK- 1D. PURUSHOTHAMANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK27,16036.7%
- 2N. KANNANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK21,88229.6%
- 3M. NETHAJIJanata Party · JNP16,33922.1%
- 4K. JAGAVEERAPANDIANIndian National Congress · INC8,17611.0%
- 5P.M. KANNIAHIndependent · IND3570.5%
- 6N. VEERANIndependent · IND1000.1%
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–AIADMK swing
- −47.3%
- DMK share
- 54.5% → 36.7%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 29.6%
- Turnout
- — → —