Constituency
198. Sivaganga
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-SIVAGANGA
INC 30.6%won by 3.2%AIADMK 27.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.2%.
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 30.6% of the vote here (+30.6%).
- New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 27.4% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.0% between them, down from 95.3% — 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
76,805
Margin
2,429
3.16%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1O. SUBRAMANIANIndian National Congress · INC23,49530.6%
- 2K.R. MURUGANANDAMAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK21,06627.4%
- 3A. SHANMUGAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK12,29916.0%
- 4P. AATHINAMILAKIIndependent · IND8,13510.6%
- 5SK AR.SM. RAMANATHAN CHETTIARJanata Party · JNP6,9889.1%
- 6V. VELAYUTHAN CHETTIARIndependent · IND3,4534.5%
- 7V.S. GURUSAMYIndependent · IND1,3691.8%
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–AIADMK swing
- +3.2%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 30.6%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 27.4%
- Turnout
- — → —