Constituency
211. Ottapidaram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-OTTAPIDARAM
INC 41.5%won by 10.7%AIADMK 30.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: FBL (FBL) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 10.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 41.5% of the vote here (+41.5%).
- New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 30.8% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.3% between them, down from 93.8% — 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
54,517
Margin
5,828
10.69%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1O.S. VELUCHAMIIndian National Congress · INC22,62941.5%
- 2O. THANGARAJAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK16,80130.8%
- 3S. ASHOK KUMARJanata Party · JNP7,48313.7%
- 4U. MOOKIAHDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK4,6618.5%
- 5M. MUTHIAHIndependent · IND1,6813.1%
- 6D. MUTHIAHIndependent · IND7151.3%
- 7R. VELLAICHAMYIndependent · IND2530.5%
- 8N. ARUMUGAMIndependent · IND1860.3%
- 9N. KRISHNANIndependent · IND1080.2%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- FBL
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–AIADMK swing
- +10.7%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 41.5%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 30.8%
- Turnout
- — → —