Constituency
187. Kumbakonam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-KUMBAKONAM
AIADMK 32.5%won by 3.7%INC 28.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: NCO (NCO) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 3.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 0.0% to 32.5% of the vote here (+32.5%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 28.9% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.4% between them, down from 99.5% — 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
81,272
Margin
2,982
3.67%
Candidates
5 contested · winner AIADMK- 1S.R. ERADHAAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK26,43232.5%
- 2O. VADIVELU MAZHAVARAYARIndian National Congress · INC23,45028.9%
- 3R. DURAIDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK17,46021.5%
- 4C.R. SANTHANAMJanata Party · JNP12,81415.8%
- 5K. RAMANIIndependent · IND1,1161.4%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- NCO
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–INC swing
- +3.7%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 32.5%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 28.9%
- Turnout
- — → —