Constituency
144. Madurai East
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-MADURAI-EAST
CPM 33.4%won by 2.7%INC 30.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 2.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 9.7% to 33.4% of the vote here (+23.8%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 30.7% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.2% between them, down from 84.4% — 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
72,539
Margin
1,985
2.74%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1N. SANKARIAHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM24,26333.4%
- 2A.G. SUBBRAMANIndian National Congress · INC22,27830.7%
- 3R.V. SESHACHARIJanata Party · JNP15,62921.5%
- 4M.R. SANKARANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK9,64413.3%
- 5R.V. SIDDHAIndependent · IND5080.7%
- 6J.S. KRISHNANIndependent · IND2170.3%
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
- −6.9%
- CPM share
- 9.7% → 33.4%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 30.7%
- Turnout
- — → —