Constituency
113. Vellakoil
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-VELLAKOIL
INC 37.7%won by 12.5%DMK 25.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 12.5%.
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 37.7% of the vote here (+37.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.8% between them, down from 94.4% — 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
82,248
Margin
10,320
12.55%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1D. RAMASWAMYIndian National Congress · INC30,99637.7%
- 2M. PALANISAMYDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK20,67625.1%
- 3V.K. KALAIMANIAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK19,81624.1%
- 4S. RAMASWAMY NAMBIYARJanata Party · JNP8,30610.1%
- 5K.A. NALLAMUTHUIndependent · IND1,3651.7%
- 6K.N. LINKASAMY GOUNDERIndependent · IND1,0891.3%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–DMK swing
- +80.6%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 37.7%
- DMK share
- 68.1% → 25.1%
- Turnout
- — → —