Constituency
55. Tindivanam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-TINDIVANAM
INC 29.6%won by 2.9%JNP 26.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 29.6% of the vote here (+29.6%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 26.7% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 56.2% between them, down from 92.1% — 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
64,261
Margin
1,840
2.86%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1T.R. ERAJARAM REDDYIndian National Congress · INC18,99029.6%
- 2R. RADHAKRISHNANJanata Party · JNP17,15026.7%
- 3G. RAJARAMAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK15,11723.5%
- 4G. VENKATRAMANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK11,95818.6%
- 5P.M. RANGANATHANIndependent · IND1,0461.6%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNP swing
- +2.9%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 29.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 26.7%
- Turnout
- — → —