Constituency
58. Villupuram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-VILLUPURAM
AIADMK 37.7%won by 3.6%DMK 34.0%
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 3.6%.
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 37.7% of the vote here (+37.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.7% between them, down from 92.4% — 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
73,980
Margin
2,699
3.65%
Candidates
4 contested · winner AIADMK- 1P.KRISHNANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK27,88237.7%
- 2K.P. PALANIAPPANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK25,18334.0%
- 3L. ATHIKESAVALU NAIDUJanata Party · JNP12,16116.4%
- 4T. THIRUMALIndian National Congress · INC8,75411.8%
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
- +55.1%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 37.7%
- DMK share
- 51.4% → 34.0%
- Turnout
- — → —