Constituency
204. Aruppukkottai
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-ARUPPUKKOTTAI
AIADMK 56.2%won by 38.4%JNP 17.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: FBL (FBL) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 38.4%.
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 56.2% of the vote here (+56.2%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 17.9% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.1% between them, down from 99.4% — 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
76,582
Margin
29,378
38.36%
Candidates
12 contested · winner AIADMK- 1M.G. RAMACHANDRANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK43,06556.2%
- 2M. MUTHUVEL SERVAIJanata Party · JNP13,68717.9%
- 3A. SIVASAMYIndian National Congress · INC12,07515.8%
- 4S.M. BOSEDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK5,4157.1%
- 5N. SEENIVASANIndependent · IND6450.8%
- 6G. FITCHAIIndependent · IND5500.7%
- 7M. CHIDAMBARAMIndependent · IND3550.5%
- 8V.T.R. VEERAPPA GOWNDERIndependent · IND2760.4%
- 9P. MUTHURAMALINGAMIndependent · IND2020.3%
- 10K. PALANI KUNDUMBANIndependent · IND1640.2%
- 11K. JAWAHARIndependent · IND760.1%
- 12R. PERIAKARUPPAN ALIAS APPANIndependent · IND720.1%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- FBL
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–JNP swing
- +38.4%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 56.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 17.9%
- Turnout
- — → —