Constituency
56. Vanur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-VANUR
DMK 34.3%won by 3.1%AIADMK 31.2%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.0% to 3.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 25.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 31.2% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.5% between them, down from 93.7% — 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
62,817
Margin
1,973
3.14%
Candidates
6 contested · winner DMK- 1M. PARAMASIVAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK21,55734.3%
- 2A. BOOPALANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK19,58431.2%
- 3S. GANDHIDASSIndian National Congress · INC12,62120.1%
- 4A. PERUMALJanata Party · JNP7,86212.5%
- 5A. ERUSANIndependent · IND8611.4%
- 6ARULVARATHARAJANIndependent · IND3320.5%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- −56.7%
- DMK share
- 59.8% → 34.3%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 31.2%
- Turnout
- — → —