Constituency
89. Salem-Ii
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-SALEM-II
JNP 31.4%won by 2.9%DMK 28.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 2.9%.
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 31.4% of the vote here (+31.4%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.9% between them, down from 98.0% — 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
72,063
Margin
2,113
2.93%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JNP- 1M. ARUMUGAMJanata Party · JNP22,63631.4%
- 2K.A. THANGAVELUDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK20,52328.5%
- 3K.S. ARTHANARICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM19,17326.6%
- 4K.V. RAMASWAMYCommunist Party of India · CPI9,73113.5%
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–DMK swing
- +55.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 31.4%
- DMK share
- 52.8% → 28.5%
- Turnout
- — → —