Constituency
15. Gummidipoondi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-GUMMIDIPOONDI
AIADMK 42.3%won by 14.7%JNP 27.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 14.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 0.0% to 42.3% of the vote here (+42.3%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 27.5% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.8% 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
76,456
Margin
11,267
14.74%
Candidates
7 contested · winner AIADMK- 1S. MUNIRATHINAMAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK32,30942.3%
- 2G. KAMALAMBUJAMMALJanata Party · JNP21,04227.5%
- 3K. VENUDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK12,13515.9%
- 4K. VENKATASUBBARAJUIndian National Congress · INC7,78210.2%
- 5E. VINAYAGAMIndependent · IND1,4361.9%
- 6S. ELUMALAIIndependent · IND1,1481.5%
- 7T. MOHAMAD ALIKHANIndependent · IND6040.8%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–JNP swing
- +14.7%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 42.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 27.5%
- Turnout
- — → —