Constituency
102. Avanashi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-AVANASHI
INC 32.3%won by 2.5%AIADMK 29.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 32.3% of the vote here (+32.3%).
- New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 29.8% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.0% 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
69,907
Margin
1,747
2.50%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1S.N. PALANISWAMYIndian National Congress · INC22,55032.3%
- 2R. ANNANAMBIAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK20,80329.8%
- 3P. PERUMALJanata Party · JNP15,11921.6%
- 4B. CHINNANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK9,43113.5%
- 5G. ELANGOIndependent · IND1,0871.6%
- 6T.S. CHINNASAMVIndependent · IND9171.3%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–AIADMK swing
- +2.5%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 32.3%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 29.8%
- Turnout
- — → —