Constituency
159. Lalgudi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-LALGUDI
AIADMK 36.1%won by 1.7%DMK 34.4%
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 1.7%.
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 36.1% of the vote here (+36.1%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.5% between them, down from 92.8% — 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
92,415
Margin
1,533
1.66%
Candidates
5 contested · winner AIADMK- 1K.N. SHANMUGAMAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK33,32236.1%
- 2R. GANGADHRANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK31,78934.4%
- 3N.S. ABEDANANDHAMIndian National Congress · INC14,26615.4%
- 4K.N. THANGAVELUJanata Party · JNP12,23013.2%
- 5S. KANDASWAMYIndependent · IND8080.9%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–DMK swing
- +56.2%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 36.1%
- DMK share
- 54.5% → 34.4%
- Turnout
- — → —