Constituency
115. Palladam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-PALLADAM
AIADMK 33.1%won by 8.5%INC 24.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 8.5%.
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 33.1% of the vote here (+33.1%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 24.6% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.7% between them, down from 92.3% — 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
82,068
Margin
6,997
8.53%
Candidates
5 contested · winner AIADMK- 1P.G. KITTUAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK27,17233.1%
- 2K.N. KUMARASAMYIndian National Congress · INC20,17524.6%
- 3R. KRISHNASAMY GOUNDERJanata Party · JNP19,37923.6%
- 4R.C. KANDASAMYDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK14,65817.9%
- 5C. CHINNIA GONUDERIndependent · IND6840.8%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–INC swing
- +8.5%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 33.1%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 24.6%
- Turnout
- — → —