Constituency
206. Virudhunagar
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-VIRUDHUNAGAR
AIADMK 44.5%won by 13.8%JNP 30.7%
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 13.8%.
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 44.5% of the vote here (+44.5%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 30.7% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.2% between them, down from 97.3% — 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
74,298
Margin
10,257
13.81%
Candidates
6 contested · winner AIADMK- 1M. SUNDARARAJANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK33,07744.5%
- 2A.S.A. ARUMUGAMJanata Party · JNP22,82030.7%
- 3K.S. KANDASWAMYDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK8,33111.2%
- 4S. NARVANEETHA KRISHNANIndian National Congress · INC7,52010.1%
- 5V. CHINNIAHIndependent · IND1,7472.4%
- 6A. VELUFBL · FBL8031.1%
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
- +13.8%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 44.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 30.7%
- Turnout
- — → —