Constituency
53. Melmalayanur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-MELMALAYANUR
AIADMK 38.9%won by 19.1%DMK 19.8%
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 19.1%.
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 38.9% of the vote here (+38.9%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.8% between them, down from 91.8% — 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
71,092
Margin
13,563
19.08%
Candidates
9 contested · winner AIADMK- 1P. THANGAVELU GOUNDERAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK27,67338.9%
- 2S. VIJAYARAGHAVANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK14,11019.8%
- 3K. GOPALA GOUNDERIndependent · IND12,06417.0%
- 4N.V. AYYAKANNNU GOUNDERJanata Party · JNP6,5439.2%
- 5M.A. KUTHANIndependent · IND5,3277.5%
- 6R. MURUGESANCommunist Party of India · CPI1,8282.6%
- 7A. SADAGOPANIndependent · IND1,7552.5%
- 8H. KOTHANDAMIndependent · IND9881.4%
- 9N. VINAYAGAMIndependent · IND8041.1%
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
- +72.6%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 38.9%
- DMK share
- 53.5% → 19.8%
- Turnout
- — → —