Constituency
161. Varahur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-VARAHUR
AIADMK 52.4%won by 17.6%DMK 34.8%
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 17.6%.
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 52.4% of the vote here (+52.4%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.2% between them, down from 94.8% — 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
68,757
Margin
12,104
17.60%
Candidates
5 contested · winner AIADMK- 1N. PERUMALAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK36,02352.4%
- 2K. KANAGASABAIDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK23,91934.8%
- 3M. GANAPATHYJanata Party · JNP4,7917.0%
- 4P.K. RAMASAMYIndian National Congress · INC3,3484.9%
- 5A. KRISHNANIndependent · IND6761.0%
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
- +76.5%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 52.4%
- DMK share
- 58.9% → 34.8%
- Turnout
- — → —