Constituency
197. Ilayangudi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-ILAYANGUDI
CPI 24.2%won by 1.1%DMK 23.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 1.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 24.2% of the vote here (+24.2%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 47.4% between them, down from 94.8% — 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
72,983
Margin
790
1.08%
Candidates
8 contested · winner CPI- 1R. SIVASAMYCommunist Party of India · CPI17,67724.2%
- 2V. MALAIKKANNANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK16,88723.1%
- 3MUHAMMED SHERIFFIndependent · IND15,36221.0%
- 4S. MATHAVANIndependent · IND15,05520.6%
- 5R. SANKARJanata Party · JNP5,3037.3%
- 6R. THANGIAHIndependent · IND1,7072.3%
- 7N.N. SEENI PULAVARIndependent · IND8771.2%
- 8S.N.K.J. NAINA MOHAMEDIndependent · IND1150.2%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–DMK swing
- +63.1%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 24.2%
- DMK share
- 62.0% → 23.1%
- Turnout
- — → —