Constituency
16. Ponneri
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-PONNERI
AIADMK 42.6%won by 15.1%DMK 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 15.1%.
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 42.6% of the vote here (+42.6%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.2% between them, down from 90.2% — 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
74,561
Margin
11,272
15.12%
Candidates
6 contested · winner AIADMK- 1S.M. DORAIRAJAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK31,79642.6%
- 2G. VETRIVEERANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK20,52427.5%
- 3V. NARGUNAMJanata Party · JNP14,17019.0%
- 4K.N. ARUMUGAMIndian National Congress · INC6,4228.6%
- 5G. CHINNARAJIndependent · IND1,0851.5%
- 6A.P. ELUMALAIIndependent · IND5640.8%
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–DMK swing
- +73.5%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 42.6%
- DMK share
- 58.4% → 27.5%
- Turnout
- — → —