Constituency
185. Papanasam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-PAPANASAM
INC 33.4%won by 2.2%DMK 31.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.2%.
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 33.4% of the vote here (+33.4%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.6% 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
74,553
Margin
1,636
2.19%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1R.V. SOUNDARARAJANIndian National Congress · INC24,90433.4%
- 2S. SACHIDHANANDAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK23,26831.2%
- 3P.K.E. ABDULLAHIndependent · IND20,71427.8%
- 4T.A. JAYARAMANJanata Party · JNP4,7696.4%
- 5S. SEVU PANICKARIndependent · IND8981.2%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–DMK swing
- +58.4%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 33.4%
- DMK share
- 56.2% → 31.2%
- Turnout
- — → —