Constituency
130. Oddamchatram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-ODDAMCHATRAM
INC 37.1%won by 6.3%AIADMK 30.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 37.1% of the vote here (+37.1%).
- New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 30.8% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.9% between them, down from 98.9% — 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
72,804
Margin
4,581
6.29%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1A.P. PALANIAPPANIndian National Congress · INC27,00037.1%
- 2K. KUPPUSWAMYAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK22,41930.8%
- 3K. MUTHUSAMYDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK15,07220.7%
- 4P. KALIAPPANJanata Party · JNP5,9258.1%
- 5C. KATHAMUTHUIndependent · IND1,6962.3%
- 6R. KALYANASAMYIndependent · IND6921.0%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–AIADMK swing
- +6.3%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 37.1%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 30.8%
- Turnout
- — → —