Constituency
174. Thiruvarur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-THIRUVARUR
DMK 44.3%won by 16.4%CPM 27.9%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.7% to 16.4%.
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 3.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from NCO (NCO) to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).
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
87,031
Margin
14,254
16.38%
Candidates
4 contested · winner DMKSince 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–CPM swing
- −7.3%
- DMK share
- 47.5% → 44.3%
- CPM share
- 23.8% → 27.9%
- Turnout
- — → —