Constituency
162. Ariyalur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-ARIYALUR
DMK 39.7%won by 1.6%AIADMK 38.1%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 34.0% to 1.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 24.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 38.1% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.9% between them, down from 94.4% — 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
78,989
Margin
1,255
1.59%
Candidates
6 contested · winner DMK- 1T. ARUMUGAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK31,38039.7%
- 2KARUPPIAH ALIAS ASOKANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK30,12538.1%
- 3G. SRINIVASANIndian National Congress · INC12,35915.6%
- 4T. NATARAJANJanata Party · JNP3,7814.8%
- 5R. KRISHNASAMYIndependent · IND1,1311.4%
- 6A.P. MUNISAMYIndependent · IND2130.3%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- −62.6%
- DMK share
- 64.2% → 39.7%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 38.1%
- Turnout
- — → —