Constituency
117. Kangayam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-KANGAYAM
AIADMK 42.1%won by 17.5%DMK 24.6%
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 17.5%.
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 42.1% of the vote here (+42.1%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.7% between them, down from 98.3% — 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
75,223
Margin
13,167
17.50%
Candidates
6 contested · winner AIADMK- 1R.K.S. DHANDAPANIAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK31,66542.1%
- 2M. SIVASABAPATHYDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK18,49824.6%
- 3K.G. SUBBIAH GOUNDERIndian National Congress · INC15,93521.2%
- 4M. ARJUNANJanata Party · JNP6,8839.2%
- 5K.J. SUBRAMANIAMIndependent · IND1,4121.9%
- 6M. NACHIMUTHUIndependent · IND8301.1%
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–DMK swing
- +83.9%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 42.1%
- DMK share
- 66.4% → 24.6%
- Turnout
- — → —