Constituency
101. Mettuppalayam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-METTUPPALAYAM
AIADMK 32.4%won by 6.6%JNP 25.8%
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 6.6%.
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 32.4% of the vote here (+32.4%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 25.8% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.1% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
80,410
Margin
5,312
6.61%
Candidates
8 contested · winner AIADMK- 1S. PALANISAMYAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK26,02932.4%
- 2T.T.S. THIPPAIAHJanata Party · JNP20,71725.8%
- 3M.K. KEMBAIA GOWDERIndian National Congress · INC19,60424.4%
- 4O. ARUMUGASAMYDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK11,75714.6%
- 5V. SUBRAMANIIndependent · IND1,1211.4%
- 6G.N. SHANMUGAMIndependent · IND8171.0%
- 7M. NAGAPPANIndependent · IND2840.4%
- 8R. MALLIKARJUNANIndependent · IND810.1%
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
- +6.6%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 32.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 25.8%
- Turnout
- — → —