Constituency
140. Sholavandan
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-SHOLAVANDAN
AIADMK 40.0%won by 8.7%INC 31.3%
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 40.0% of the vote here (+40.0%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 31.3% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.3% between them, down from 99.3% — 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
74,879
Margin
6,513
8.70%
Candidates
5 contested · winner AIADMKSince 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% → 40.0%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 31.3%
- Turnout
- — → —