Constituency
62. Nellikuppam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-NELLIKUPPAM
CPM 32.8%won by 6.8%DMK 25.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 6.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 12.1% to 32.8% of the vote here (+20.6%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.7% between them, down from 80.4% — 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
70,464
Margin
4,817
6.84%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1C. GOVINDARAJANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM23,07732.8%
- 2V. KRISHNAMOORTHYDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK18,26025.9%
- 3S.L.KRISHNAMOORTHYJanata Party · JNP14,21720.2%
- 4K.G. KANDHANIndian National Congress · INC9,44413.4%
- 5N. V. JAYASEELANIndependent · IND5,4667.8%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–DMK swing
- +39.7%
- CPM share
- 12.1% → 32.8%
- DMK share
- 44.9% → 25.9%
- Turnout
- — → —