Constituency
69. Vridhachalam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-VRIDHACHALAM
AIADMK 39.6%won by 15.9%DMK 23.7%
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 15.9%.
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 39.6% of the vote here (+39.6%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.3% between them, down from 99.3% — 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
76,225
Margin
12,107
15.88%
Candidates
8 contested · winner AIADMK- 1C. RAMANATHANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK30,17839.6%
- 2K. RAMALINGAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK18,07123.7%
- 3T. VAIHUNDAMJanata Party · JNP10,65014.0%
- 4R. SIVAPRAKASANIndian National Congress · INC10,02813.2%
- 5R.V. VAITHIYANATHANIndependent · IND3,5294.6%
- 6V. RAJAVANNIYANIndependent · IND1,2891.7%
- 7C. THAMBUSWAMYIndependent · IND1,2721.7%
- 8K. KANTHARAJANIndependent · IND1,2081.6%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–DMK swing
- +70.1%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 39.6%
- DMK share
- 54.3% → 23.7%
- Turnout
- — → —