Constituency
81. Palacodu
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-PALACODU
AIADMK 32.9%won by 6.4%JNP 26.5%
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 6.4%.
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 32.9% of the vote here (+32.9%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 26.5% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.4% 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
66,797
Margin
4,258
6.37%
Candidates
5 contested · winner AIADMK- 1B.M. KRISHNANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK21,95932.9%
- 2K.T. GOVINDANJanata Party · JNP17,70126.5%
- 3B.M. MUNISAMY GOUNDERDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK17,50726.2%
- 4M.D. NARAYANASWAMYIndian National Congress · INC8,26612.4%
- 5K.M. SAMINATHANIndependent · IND1,3642.0%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–JNP swing
- +6.4%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 32.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 26.5%
- Turnout
- — → —