Constituency
73. Sankarapuram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-SANKARAPURAM
INC 31.4%won by 3.9%AIADMK 27.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.9%.
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 31.4% of the vote here (+31.4%).
- New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 27.5% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.0% 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
68,664
Margin
2,708
3.94%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1DURAI MUTHUSAMYIndian National Congress · INC21,59331.4%
- 2M. MOHAMMED HANEEFAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK18,88527.5%
- 3M. MUTHAIYANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK16,65024.2%
- 4A. RAMASAMYJanata Party · JNP8,10611.8%
- 5R. LAKSHMANIndependent · IND3,4305.0%
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
- +3.9%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 31.4%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 27.5%
- Turnout
- — → —