Constituency
83. Pennagaram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-PENNAGARAM
JNP 32.1%won by 1.2%AIADMK 30.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 1.2%.
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 32.1% of the vote here (+32.1%).
- New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 30.9% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.0% 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
54,756
Margin
659
1.20%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JNP- 1K. APPUNU GOUNDERJanata Party · JNP17,59132.1%
- 2KRISHNANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK16,93230.9%
- 3B.K. NARASIMHANIndian National Congress · INC11,08620.2%
- 4K. MARIMUTHUDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK8,48715.5%
- 5K.M. MUNNIAPPANIndependent · IND6601.2%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–AIADMK swing
- +1.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 32.1%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 30.9%
- Turnout
- — → —