Constituency
71. Rishivandiyam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-RISHIVANDIYAM
INC 38.4%won by 6.1%AIADMK 32.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 38.4% of the vote here (+38.4%).
- New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 32.3% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.7% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
66,448
Margin
4,052
6.10%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1M. SUNDARAMIndian National Congress · INC25,53038.4%
- 2M. DEIVIGAMAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK21,47832.3%
- 3K. JAYACHANDRANJanata Party · JNP12,17718.3%
- 4J.V. KEERTHYDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK5,3238.0%
- 5D. GOVINDARAJANIndependent · IND8141.2%
- 6T. ABDULWAHABIndependent · IND6851.0%
- 7E. JAGANNATHANIndependent · IND2820.4%
- 8P. RAMASAMYIndependent · IND1590.2%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–AIADMK swing
- +6.1%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 38.4%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 32.3%
- Turnout
- — → —