Constituency
88. Salem-I
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-SALEM-I
AIADMK 38.2%won by 9.5%JNP 28.7%
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 9.5%.
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 38.2% of the vote here (+38.2%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 28.7% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.9% between them, down from 98.1% — 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
90,844
Margin
8,662
9.54%
Candidates
8 contested · winner AIADMK- 1S.V. VARADARAJANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK34,70838.2%
- 2S.S. MAHADEVA MUDALIARJanata Party · JNP26,04628.7%
- 3P.S. MANICKAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK21,09323.2%
- 4K. MAHADEVANIndian National Congress · INC8,1359.0%
- 5S. JOTHEESWARANIndependent · IND2810.3%
- 6P.S. VENUGOPALIndependent · IND2610.3%
- 7S.K. MUTHAIAHIndependent · IND2490.3%
- 8THELIAMMALIndependent · IND710.1%
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
- +9.5%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 38.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 28.7%
- Turnout
- — → —