Constituency
82. Dharmapuri
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-DHARMAPURI
JNP 42.3%won by 8.2%AIADMK 34.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 8.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 42.3% of the vote here (+42.3%).
- New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 34.1% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.4% between them, down from 92.0% — 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
63,216
Margin
5,186
8.20%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JNP- 1P.K.C. MUTHUSWAMYJanata Party · JNP26,74242.3%
- 2D.S. SHANMUGAMAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK21,55634.1%
- 3K. PERIASAMYDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK7,72112.2%
- 4D.K. MUNUSAMYIndian National Congress · INC5,1478.1%
- 5K.K. SUBRAMANIIndependent · IND1,2061.9%
- 6S. ABDUL VAKITHIndependent · IND6671.1%
- 7T.V. ANGANA CHOTTIARIndependent · IND1770.3%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–AIADMK swing
- +8.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 42.3%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 34.1%
- Turnout
- — → —