Constituency
42. Chengam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-CHENGAM
AIADMK 46.4%won by 22.2%DMK 24.2%
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 22.2%.
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 46.4% of the vote here (+46.4%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.5% between them, down from 93.2% — 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
49,158
Margin
10,912
22.20%
Candidates
7 contested · winner AIADMK- 1T. SWAMIKANNUAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK22,78946.4%
- 2N. POOSANARDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK11,87724.2%
- 3P. ANBALAGANJanata Party · JNP8,09416.5%
- 4D. RAJACommunist Party of India · CPI4,4929.1%
- 5P. DHANAPALIndependent · IND1,4783.0%
- 6A. JAYA ARUMUGAMIndependent · IND3170.6%
- 7K.V. ALLIMUTHUIndependent · IND1110.2%
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
- +83.6%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 46.4%
- DMK share
- 61.4% → 24.2%
- Turnout
- — → —