Constituency
157. Uppiliapuram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-UPPILIAPURAM
INC 37.1%won by 6.7%AIADMK 30.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.7%.
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 30.4% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.5% between them, down from 95.0% — 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
85,324
Margin
5,706
6.69%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1R. PERIASAMYIndian National Congress · INC31,64237.1%
- 2M. ATCHAYAGOPALAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK25,93630.4%
- 3R. NATARASANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK23,52427.6%
- 4C. CHINNASAMYJanata Party · JNP4,2224.9%
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
- +6.7%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 37.1%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 30.4%
- Turnout
- — → —