Constituency
148. Dindigul
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-DINDIGUL
CPM 45.2%won by 26.7%DMK 18.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: NCO (NCO) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 26.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 21.5% to 45.2% of the vote here (+23.7%).
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 18.5% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.6% between them, down from 77.6% — 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
74,387
Margin
19,882
26.73%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1N. VARADHARAJANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM33,61445.2%
- 2V.S. LAKSHMANANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK13,73218.5%
- 3V. JOHNSONJanata Party · JNP12,17916.4%
- 4V. MADANAGOPALCommunist Party of India · CPI11,12515.0%
- 5A. GNANARAJIndependent · IND2,3573.2%
- 6M.M. RENGANATHANIndependent · IND1,3801.9%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- NCO
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–DMK swing
- +5.2%
- CPM share
- 21.5% → 45.2%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 18.5%
- Turnout
- — → —