Constituency
128. Gudalur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-GUDALUR
DMK 26.3%won by 0.6%IND 25.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 0.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 26.3% of the vote here (+26.3%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 25.7% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 52.0% between them, down from 86.1% — 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
58,276
Margin
360
0.62%
Candidates
13 contested · winner DMK- 1K. HUTCHIDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK15,32326.3%
- 2C.I. ALLAPITCHAIIndependent · IND14,96325.7%
- 3K. KALLANIndian National Congress · INC10,19617.5%
- 4K.M. HIRIA GOWDERJanata Party · JNP6,91511.9%
- 5K. BABYIndependent · IND5,3649.2%
- 6K. GOPALAKRISHNAN NAIRIndependent · IND2,4064.1%
- 7M.J. CHERIAN VAKILIndependent · IND1,1071.9%
- 8R. KUPPUSWAMYIndependent · IND1,0141.7%
- 9V.N. KRISHNAN KUTTY NAIRIndependent · IND2910.5%
- 10K. RAMAN KUTTYIndependent · IND2480.4%
- 11V. SIVARAMANIndependent · IND1880.3%
- 12V. KUMARANIndependent · IND1330.2%
- 13K.R. SHANMUGASUNDARAMIndependent · IND1280.2%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–IND swing
- +0.6%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 26.3%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 25.7%
- Turnout
- — → —