Constituency
116. Tiruppur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-TIRUPPUR
AIADMK 41.1%won by 15.2%CPI 25.9%
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 15.2%.
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 41.1% of the vote here (+41.1%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 25.9% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.1% between them, down from 99.3% — 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
94,781
Margin
14,415
15.21%
Candidates
6 contested · winner AIADMK- 1R. MANIMARANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK38,98441.1%
- 2A. GANAPATHYCommunist Party of India · CPI24,56925.9%
- 3K. DORAISAMYDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK16,41417.3%
- 4K. VELUSAMYJanata Party · JNP13,77514.5%
- 5N. PALANISAMY ALIAS CHINNAKUTTYIndependent · IND5320.6%
- 6N. NATARAJANIndependent · IND5070.5%
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
- +15.2%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 41.1%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 25.9%
- Turnout
- — → —