Constituency
35. Arcot
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-ARCOT
AIADMK 39.3%won by 15.3%JNP 24.0%
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 15.3%.
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 39.3% of the vote here (+39.3%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 24.0% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.3% between them, down from 94.8% — 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
69,203
Margin
10,579
15.29%
Candidates
5 contested · winner AIADMK- 1K.J. UYYAKONDANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK27,19339.3%
- 2N.R. ETHIRAJULUJanata Party · JNP16,61424.0%
- 3P. JAYAVELUDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK16,29323.5%
- 4K.R. MUNIRATHINAMIndian National Congress · INC6,4019.2%
- 5M. PARAMESHWARANIndependent · IND2,7023.9%
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
- +15.3%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 39.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 24.0%
- Turnout
- — → —