Constituency
207. Sivakasi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-SIVAKASI
JNP 31.1%won by 2.2%INC 28.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 2.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 31.1% of the vote here (+31.1%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 28.9% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.0% between them, down from 97.4% — 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
78,800
Margin
1,772
2.25%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1K. RAMASAMYJanata Party · JNP24,51831.1%
- 2DHARWARIndian National Congress · INC22,74628.9%
- 3K. PONNUPANDIANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK22,31528.3%
- 4S. AMUDANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK7,7539.8%
- 5K. KALIAPPA NADARIndependent · IND1,0791.4%
- 6R. KANGATHANA THILAGAMIndependent · IND3890.5%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +2.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 31.1%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 28.9%
- Turnout
- — → —