Constituency
218. Tirunelveli
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-TIRUNELVELI
AIADMK 38.5%won by 10.6%INC 27.9%
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 10.6%.
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 38.5% of the vote here (+38.5%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 27.9% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.4% 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
68,622
Margin
7,294
10.63%
Candidates
6 contested · winner AIADMK- 1G.R. EDMUNDAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK26,41938.5%
- 2KRISHNAN ALIAS NELLAI KANNANIndian National Congress · INC19,12527.9%
- 3R. SERVAIKAREN SUBBIAHJanata Party · JNP8,24412.0%
- 4E. NAMBIDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK8,19911.9%
- 5M. ABDUL MAJEEDIndependent · IND6,0908.9%
- 6E. HARIRAMAKRISHNANIndependent · IND5450.8%
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
- +10.6%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 38.5%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 27.9%
- Turnout
- — → —