Constituency
193. Aranthangi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-ARANTHANGI
AIADMK 37.5%won by 11.6%CPI 25.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 11.6%.
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 37.5% of the vote here (+37.5%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 25.9% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.3% between them, down from 98.0% — 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
94,706
Margin
10,940
11.55%
Candidates
7 contested · winner AIADMK- 1S. THIRUNAVUKKARASUAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK35,46837.5%
- 2P. APPUKUTTYCommunist Party of India · CPI24,52825.9%
- 3S. RAMANATHANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK22,05223.3%
- 4R. KARUPPAIAHJanata Party · JNP7,3357.7%
- 5S.R.M. IYOOBOOIndependent · IND4,3974.6%
- 6M. JAMESIndependent · IND5110.5%
- 7R. VIYASARIndependent · IND4150.4%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–CPI swing
- +11.6%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 37.5%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 25.9%
- Turnout
- — → —