Constituency
99. Sankari
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-SANKARI
AIADMK 53.3%won by 34.2%DMK 19.1%
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 34.2%.
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 53.3% of the vote here (+53.3%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.4% between them, down from 98.9% — 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
61,530
Margin
21,029
34.18%
Candidates
7 contested · winner AIADMK- 1P. DHANAPALAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK32,78053.3%
- 2M. PARAMANANDAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK11,75119.1%
- 3P. MUTHUSWAMYJanata Party · JNP9,13114.8%
- 4M. VELRAJIndian National Congress · INC5,1258.3%
- 5K. PALANISAMYIndependent · IND1,2242.0%
- 6T.K. MANICKAMIndependent · IND1,1611.9%
- 7P. MUTHUSAMYIndependent · IND3580.6%
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–DMK swing
- +94.9%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 53.3%
- DMK share
- 60.7% → 19.1%
- Turnout
- — → —