Constituency
209. Rajapalayam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-RAJAPALAYAM
AIADMK 37.5%won by 5.2%INC 32.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 5.2%.
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 37.5% of the vote here (+37.5%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 32.4% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.9% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
74,649
Margin
3,847
5.15%
Candidates
6 contested · winner AIADMK- 1K. DHANUSKODIAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK28,02837.5%
- 2K. POTTUPOATTANIndian National Congress · INC24,18132.4%
- 3J.S. BALIAHJanata Party · JNP11,70215.7%
- 4K. ANDI ALIAS GURUSAMYDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK10,22013.7%
- 5M. SUNDARAMIndependent · IND3820.5%
- 6A. RAMASWAMYIndependent · IND1360.2%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–INC swing
- +5.2%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 37.5%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 32.4%
- Turnout
- — → —