Constituency
106. Coimbatore South
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-COIMBATORE-SOUTH
CPM 30.5%won by 3.0%DMK 27.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 3.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 11.9% to 30.5% of the vote here (+18.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.1% between them, down from 88.1% — 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
68,114
Margin
2,019
2.96%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1K. RAMANICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM20,80330.5%
- 2K. ARANGANATHANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK18,78427.6%
- 3K.R. VENKATACHALAMJanata Party · JNP14,04920.6%
- 4S. RAMASWAMYIndian National Congress · INC13,87720.4%
- 5K. PALANISWAMYIndependent · IND4070.6%
- 6K.K. VADIVELUIndependent · IND1940.3%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–DMK swing
- +37.8%
- CPM share
- 11.9% → 30.5%
- DMK share
- 46.7% → 27.6%
- Turnout
- — → —