Constituency
97. Kapilamalai
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-KAPILAMALAI
AIADMK 36.5%won by 13.8%JNP 22.8%
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 13.8%.
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 36.5% of the vote here (+36.5%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 22.8% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.3% between them, down from 98.6% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
82,622
Margin
11,396
13.79%
Candidates
6 contested · winner AIADMK- 1K.SENGODANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK30,19436.5%
- 2S. PARAMASIVAMJanata Party · JNP18,79822.8%
- 3P. ARUNAGIRIIndependent · IND11,78514.3%
- 4P.R. KUMARAMANGALAMIndian National Congress · INC11,62114.1%
- 5V. MANIVASAHAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK9,63711.7%
- 6A. MANIIndependent · IND5870.7%
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
- +13.8%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 36.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 22.8%
- Turnout
- — → —