Constituency
110. Valparai
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-VALPARAI
AIADMK 34.2%won by 7.7%CPI 26.5%
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 7.7%.
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 34.2% of the vote here (+34.2%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 26.5% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.7% between them, down from 90.2% — 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
61,215
Margin
4,685
7.65%
Candidates
8 contested · winner AIADMK- 1R.S. THANGAVELUAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK20,92634.2%
- 2A.T. KARUPPIAHCommunist Party of India · CPI16,24126.5%
- 3D.M. SHANMUGHAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK16,00826.2%
- 4M. VELLUSAMYJanata Party · JNP7,09811.6%
- 5S. CHELLIAHIndependent · IND4010.7%
- 6M. VELLUSAMYIndependent · IND1910.3%
- 7JAMES ALIAS K. KUMARASWAMYIndependent · IND1880.3%
- 8M.R. NATARAJANIndependent · IND1620.3%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–CPI swing
- +7.7%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 34.2%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 26.5%
- Turnout
- — → —