Constituency
126. Coonoor
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-COONOOR
DMK 42.3%won by 17.8%AIADMK 24.6%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.0% to 17.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 24.6% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.9% between them, down from 88.7% — 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
53,505
Margin
9,499
17.75%
Candidates
9 contested · winner DMK- 1K. RANGASAMYDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK22,64942.3%
- 2C. PERIASAMYAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK13,15024.6%
- 3K. CHANDRANIndian National Congress · INC8,82916.5%
- 4C.P. KRISHIAHJanata Party · JNP7,88814.7%
- 5L. KOMALIIndependent · IND3410.6%
- 6A. CHELLIAHIndependent · IND2570.5%
- 7M.R. RAMASAMYIndependent · IND2100.4%
- 8A. SHANMUGAMIndependent · IND1440.3%
- 9R. MUTHUSWAMYIndependent · IND370.1%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- −43.1%
- DMK share
- 60.8% → 42.3%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 24.6%
- Turnout
- — → —