Constituency
66. Bhuvanagiri
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-BHUVANAGIRI
DMK 28.3%won by 5.6%JNP 22.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 5.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 28.3% of the vote here (+28.3%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 22.7% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 51.1% 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
76,369
Margin
4,288
5.61%
Candidates
7 contested · winner DMK- 1V. RAGHURAMANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK21,63828.3%
- 2T.M.D. MAHALINGAMJanata Party · JNP17,35022.7%
- 3P. BALRAJIndian National Congress · INC17,28222.6%
- 4M.A. ABUSALIIndependent · IND14,87019.5%
- 5V. RADHAKRISHNANIndependent · IND3,6134.7%
- 6P. ARUMUGAMIndependent · IND1,3901.8%
- 7C. RAMALINGAMIndependent · IND2260.3%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–JNP swing
- +5.6%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 28.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 22.7%
- Turnout
- — → —