Constituency
84. Mettur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-METTUR
AIADMK 43.7%won by 23.8%INC 19.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 23.8%.
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 43.7% of the vote here (+43.7%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 19.8% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.5% between them, down from 95.3% — 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
70,436
Margin
16,786
23.83%
Candidates
7 contested · winner AIADMK- 1K.P. NACHIMUTHU GOUNDERAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK30,76243.7%
- 2P. NATESANIndian National Congress · INC13,97619.8%
- 3G.A. VADIVELUJanata Party · JNP13,44819.1%
- 4L.K. RAMUDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK10,47814.9%
- 5T. OBULIIndependent · IND9101.3%
- 6M. MADALAIMUTHUIndependent · IND5300.8%
- 7N.B. ABDUL AZEEZIndependent · IND3320.5%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–INC swing
- +23.8%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 43.7%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 19.8%
- Turnout
- — → —