Constituency

216. Tenkasi

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977

TN-TENKASI

INC 41.4%won by 16.1%IND 25.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 16.1%.

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 41.4% of the vote here (+41.4%).
New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 25.3% — it did not contest here in 1971.
Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.6% 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

73,194

Margin

11,784

16.10%

5 contested · winner INC

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.