Constituency
210. Vilathikulam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-VILATHIKULAM
AIADMK 38.4%won by 5.1%INC 33.3%
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 5.1%.
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 38.4% of the vote here (+38.4%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 33.3% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.7% between them, down from 96.2% — 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
66,125
Margin
3,383
5.12%
Candidates
7 contested · winner AIADMK- 1R.K. PERUMALAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK25,38438.4%
- 2K. SUBBA REDDIARIndian National Congress · INC22,00133.3%
- 3A.K. KONDU REDDIARDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK8,72013.2%
- 4A.A. ARULANANDAMJanata Party · JNP8,45212.8%
- 5RAMASWAMY REDDIARIndependent · IND7061.1%
- 6K.P. GANAPATHYFBL · FBL5790.9%
- 7T. THOMASIndependent · IND2830.4%
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–INC swing
- +5.1%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 38.4%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 33.3%
- Turnout
- — → —