Constituency
22. Chengalpattu
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-CHENGALPATTU
AIADMK 43.5%won by 5.7%DMK 37.8%
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 5.7%.
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 43.5% of the vote here (+43.5%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.2% between them, down from 89.2% — 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
67,377
Margin
3,870
5.74%
Candidates
7 contested · winner AIADMK- 1JAGADEESAN ANOORAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK29,30643.5%
- 2V. RUDRAKOTTIDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK25,43637.8%
- 3B.S. RAGHUPATHYJanata Party · JNP6,94210.3%
- 4P. DHANPAL NAYAGARIndian National Congress · INC4,2756.3%
- 5N.E. MAHBOOB BASHAIndependent · IND6110.9%
- 6M. VEDACHALAMIndependent · IND5040.7%
- 7S.A. KALI NAYAGARIndependent · IND3030.4%
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
- +67.8%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 43.5%
- DMK share
- 62.1% → 37.8%
- Turnout
- — → —