Constituency
29. Thiruvallur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-THIRUVALLUR
AIADMK 45.4%won by 12.3%JNP 33.1%
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 12.3%.
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 45.4% of the vote here (+45.4%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 33.1% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.5% between them, down from 93.4% — 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
67,589
Margin
8,302
12.28%
Candidates
6 contested · winner AIADMK- 1S. PATTABIRAMANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK30,67045.4%
- 2MUNIRATHINAM NAIDUJanata Party · JNP22,36833.1%
- 3T.K. PONNUVELUDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK7,94311.8%
- 4T. GOPALANIndian National Congress · INC3,1654.7%
- 5D. ETHURASANIndependent · IND2,7924.1%
- 6P. GOPALIndependent · IND6511.0%
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
- +12.3%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 45.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 33.1%
- Turnout
- — → —