Constituency
38. Pernambattu
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-PERNAMBATTU
AIADMK 37.2%won by 5.6%JNP 31.7%
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 5.6%.
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 37.2% of the vote here (+37.2%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 31.7% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.9% between them, down from 95.7% — 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
65,939
Margin
3,663
5.56%
Candidates
5 contested · winner AIADMK- 1I. TAMILARSANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK24,53637.2%
- 2P. RAJAGOPALJanata Party · JNP20,87331.7%
- 3V. GOVINDANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK15,86224.1%
- 4R.P. ULAGANAMBIIndian National Congress · INC3,6285.5%
- 5K. SAMANIndependent · IND1,0401.6%
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
- +5.6%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 37.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 31.7%
- Turnout
- — → —