Constituency
175. Nagapattinam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-NAGAPATTINAM
CPM 39.7%won by 0.9%DMK 38.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 0.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 20.0% to 39.7% of the vote here (+19.6%).
- Knife-edgeDecided by 710 votes (0.89%) — among the closest results anywhere.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
79,488
Margin
710
0.89%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1R. UMANATHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM31,51939.7%
- 2A. AMBALAVANANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK30,80938.8%
- 3M. BASHEER AHMEDIndian National Congress · INC11,57014.6%
- 4D. CHAKRAPANYJanata Party · JNP5,5907.0%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–DMK swing
- +25.7%
- CPM share
- 20.0% → 39.7%
- DMK share
- 44.8% → 38.8%
- Turnout
- — → —