Constituency
68. Chidambaram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-CHIDAMBARAM
DMK 31.3%won by 4.5%AIADMK 26.7%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.4% to 4.5%.
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 19.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 26.7% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.0% between them, down from 98.3% — 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
73,226
Margin
3,331
4.55%
Candidates
8 contested · winner DMK- 1KALIYAMOORTHY DURAIDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK22,91731.3%
- 2MUTHUGOVINDARAJANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK19,58626.7%
- 3B. UMAPATHYIndian National Congress · INC15,64421.4%
- 4A. SAMBANDAMJanata Party · JNP10,96015.0%
- 5N. RATHINASAMYIndependent · IND1,8172.5%
- 6M. SANJEEVIIndependent · IND1,4221.9%
- 7K. DHARUMANIndependent · IND4740.6%
- 8R. KANNUSAMYIndependent · IND4060.6%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- −45.8%
- DMK share
- 50.3% → 31.3%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 26.7%
- Turnout
- — → —