Constituency
32. Arakkonam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-ARAKKONAM
AIADMK 33.5%won by 10.3%DMK 23.2%
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 10.3%.
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 33.5% of the vote here (+33.5%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 56.7% between them, down from 98.3% — 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
73,525
Margin
7,589
10.32%
Candidates
6 contested · winner AIADMK- 1V.K. RAJUAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK24,63033.5%
- 2A. KANNAYIRAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK17,04123.2%
- 3A. JAYARAMANJanata Party · JNP15,50321.1%
- 4G. JAYARAJIndian National Congress · INC13,89318.9%
- 5V. BALRAJIndependent · IND1,3421.8%
- 6K. SUBRAMANIAMIndependent · IND1,1161.5%
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
- +70.4%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 33.5%
- DMK share
- 60.1% → 23.2%
- Turnout
- — → —