Constituency
98. Tiruchengodu
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-TIRUCHENGODU
AIADMK 46.1%won by 27.7%JNP 18.4%
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 27.7%.
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 46.1% of the vote here (+46.1%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 18.4% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.5% between them, down from 94.9% — 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
96,513
Margin
26,737
27.70%
Candidates
8 contested · winner AIADMK- 1C. PONNAIYANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK44,50146.1%
- 2V. KUMARASWAMYJanata Party · JNP17,76418.4%
- 3T.M. KALIYANNANIndian National Congress · INC16,17716.8%
- 4T.K. SHANMUGAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK14,43315.0%
- 5R. SAMYIndependent · IND1,2231.3%
- 6N. SUBRAMANIAMIndependent · IND1,1451.2%
- 7T. SANKARAN PILLAIIndependent · IND6650.7%
- 8S. RAMASAMY NAICKERIndependent · IND6050.6%
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
- +27.7%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 46.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 18.4%
- Turnout
- — → —