Constituency
48. Vellore
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-VELLORE
AIADMK 30.5%won by 1.0%JNP 29.5%
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 1.0%.
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 30.5% of the vote here (+30.5%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 29.5% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.0% between them, down from 96.8% — 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
87,258
Margin
832
0.95%
Candidates
7 contested · winner AIADMK- 1A.K. RANGANATHANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK26,59030.5%
- 2A.K. LALALAJPATHYJanata Party · JNP25,75829.5%
- 3V.M. DEVARAJDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK21,22924.3%
- 4V. DAKSHINAMOORTHYIndian National Congress · INC12,04313.8%
- 5G. MOORTHVIndependent · IND1,0641.2%
- 6M.S. TAJ MAHAMEDIndependent · IND3060.4%
- 7Y. DANIEL CAPTAINIndependent · IND2680.3%
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
- +1.0%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 30.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 29.5%
- Turnout
- — → —