Constituency
34. Ranipet
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-RANIPET
DMK 43.5%won by 20.8%IND 22.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 20.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 43.5% of the vote here (+43.5%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.2% 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
73,377
Margin
15,297
20.85%
Candidates
7 contested · winner DMK- 1DURAIMURUGANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK31,94043.5%
- 2WAHAB K.A.Independent · IND16,64322.7%
- 3A. SAMPATH NARASIMHANIndian National Congress · INC14,83820.2%
- 4ABDUL GAFFORJanata Party · JNP7,58410.3%
- 5M.A.K. SIDDIQUIIndependent · IND1,2531.7%
- 6D. ARUMUGAMIndependent · IND8621.2%
- 7S.S. SUNDARARAMANIndependent · IND2570.4%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–IND swing
- +74.8%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 43.5%
- IND share
- 54.0% → 22.7%
- Turnout
- — → —