Constituency
195. Karaikudi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-KARAIKUDI
AIADMK 32.0%won by 0.3%INC 31.7%
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 0.3%.
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 32.0% of the vote here (+32.0%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 31.7% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.8% 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
85,557
Margin
240
0.28%
Candidates
4 contested · winner AIADMK- 1P. KALIYAPPANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK27,40332.0%
- 2P. CHIDAMBARAMIndian National Congress · INC27,16331.7%
- 3C.T. CHIDAMBARAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK18,22821.3%
- 4P.L. KARUPPIAJanata Party · JNP12,76314.9%
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–INC swing
- +0.3%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 32.0%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 31.7%
- Turnout
- — → —