Constituency
79. Harur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-HARUR
CPM 34.7%won by 13.1%JNP 21.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 13.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 34.7% of the vote here (+34.7%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 21.6% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 56.3% between them, down from 93.9% — 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
57,770
Margin
7,572
13.11%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1M. ANNAMALAICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM20,04234.7%
- 2K. SURATTAIYANJanata Party · JNP12,47021.6%
- 3K.S. RAMANIndian National Congress · INC12,03220.8%
- 4R. SIVARAJDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK11,09619.2%
- 5P. MEIYAZHAKANIndependent · IND1,6222.8%
- 6K. THEETHANIndependent · IND5080.9%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–JNP swing
- +13.1%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 34.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 21.6%
- Turnout
- — → —