Constituency
201. Ramanathapuram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-RAMANATHAPURAM
AIADMK 46.9%won by 24.9%JNP 22.0%
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 24.9%.
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 46.9% of the vote here (+46.9%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 22.0% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.9% between them, down from 96.5% — 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
70,524
Margin
17,528
24.85%
Candidates
5 contested · winner AIADMK- 1T. RAMASWAMYAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK33,04846.9%
- 2S.K. GANESANJanata Party · JNP15,52022.0%
- 3S. MARIMUTHUDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK11,44816.2%
- 4M. RAMASWAMYCommunist Party of India · CPI9,98414.2%
- 5A. MANIIndependent · IND5240.7%
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–JNP swing
- +24.9%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 46.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 22.0%
- Turnout
- — → —