Constituency
129. Palani
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-PALANI
CPM 34.5%won by 5.6%INC 29.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 5.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 9.0% to 34.5% of the vote here (+25.6%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 29.0% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.5% between them, down from 91.0% — 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
68,954
Margin
3,844
5.57%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1N. PALANIVELCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM23,81034.5%
- 2S.R.P. MANIIndian National Congress · INC19,96629.0%
- 3K. KRISHNA MOORTHYDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK17,01224.7%
- 4I. BATHRAKALIJanata Party · JNP7,66211.1%
- 5A.S. POONAMANIALIndependent · IND5040.7%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- −3.4%
- CPM share
- 9.0% → 34.5%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 29.0%
- Turnout
- — → —