Constituency
179. Pattukkottai
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-PATTUKKOTTAI
INC 30.1%won by 1.1%AIADMK 29.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 1.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 30.1% of the vote here (+30.1%).
- New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 29.1% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.2% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
86,263
Margin
911
1.06%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1A.R. MARIMUTHUIndian National Congress · INC25,99330.1%
- 2V.R.K. PALANIAPANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK25,08229.1%
- 3R. SRINIVASANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK24,14228.0%
- 4R. RAMASAMYJanata Party · JNP9,22710.7%
- 5V. CHANDRASEKARANIndependent · IND1,1001.3%
- 6N. KULANDAIYANIndependent · IND7190.8%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–AIADMK swing
- +1.1%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 30.1%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 29.1%
- Turnout
- — → —