Constituency
214. Vasudevanallur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-VASUDEVANALLUR
CPM 33.3%won by 6.7%CPI 26.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 6.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 33.3% of the vote here (+33.3%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 26.6% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.8% 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
60,418
Margin
4,044
6.69%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1R. KRISHNANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM20,09233.3%
- 2I. MUTHURAJCommunist Party of India · CPI16,04826.6%
- 3AYYADURAI ALIAS ANANTHARAJJanata Party · JNP10,82617.9%
- 4M. DURAISAMYDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK10,33017.1%
- 5S. KATTAPANIndependent · IND2,4724.1%
- 6K. MARUTHANIndependent · IND6501.1%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–CPI swing
- +6.7%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 33.3%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 26.6%
- Turnout
- — → —