Constituency
123. Gobichettipalayam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-GOBICHETTIPALAYAM
AIADMK 35.0%won by 8.7%INC 26.2%
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 8.7%.
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 35.0% of the vote here (+35.0%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 26.2% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.2% between them, down from 94.3% — 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
73,329
Margin
6,412
8.74%
Candidates
7 contested · winner AIADMK- 1N.K.K. RAMASAMYAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK25,66035.0%
- 2N.R. THIRUVANKADAMIndian National Congress · INC19,24826.2%
- 3G.S. LAXMANANJanata Party · JNP16,46622.5%
- 4G.P. VENGIDUDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK9,89313.5%
- 5K.N. KULANDIVELIndependent · IND9561.3%
- 6M.K. SHANMUGAMIndependent · IND7681.0%
- 7G.A. WEERIAHIndependent · IND3380.5%
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–INC swing
- +8.7%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 35.0%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 26.2%
- Turnout
- — → —