Constituency
142. Madurai West
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-MADURAI-WEST
AIADMK 43.1%won by 21.5%DMK 21.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 21.5%.
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 43.1% of the vote here (+43.1%).
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 21.6% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.6% between them, down from 85.0% — 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
75,103
Margin
16,131
21.48%
Candidates
5 contested · winner AIADMK- 1T.P.M. PERIYASWAMYAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK32,34243.1%
- 2PON. MUTHURAMALINGAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK16,21121.6%
- 3A.C. KAMARAJJanata Party · JNP13,16817.5%
- 4K.T.K. TENGAMANICommunist Party of India · CPI12,19016.2%
- 5S. MAYANDIFBL · FBL1,1921.6%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–DMK swing
- +21.5%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 43.1%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 21.6%
- Turnout
- — → —