Constituency
169. Sirkazhi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-SIRKAZHI
DMK 43.4%won by 6.2%AIADMK 37.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 6.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 43.4% of the vote here (+43.4%).
- New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 37.2% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.6% between them, down from 96.0% — 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
79,034
Margin
4,876
6.17%
Candidates
5 contested · winner DMK- 1K. SUBRAVELUDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK34,28143.4%
- 2K. BALASUBRAMANIAMAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK29,40537.2%
- 3K. VAITHILINGAMIndian National Congress · INC8,50310.8%
- 4D. KAILASAMJanata Party · JNP6,4058.1%
- 5M. GURUSAMYIndependent · IND4400.6%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- +6.2%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 43.4%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 37.2%
- Turnout
- — → —