Constituency
225. Tiruchendur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-TIRUCHENDUR
AIADMK 29.1%won by 1.6%JNP 27.5%
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 1.6%.
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 29.1% of the vote here (+29.1%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 27.5% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 56.7% between them, down from 99.1% — 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
71,642
Margin
1,135
1.58%
Candidates
5 contested · winner AIADMK- 1R. AMIRTHARAJAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK20,87129.1%
- 2SUBRAMANIYA ADITYANJanata Party · JNP19,73627.5%
- 3S. SYED AHMEDDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK17,44124.3%
- 4RAJ VICTORIAIndian National Congress · INC12,47717.4%
- 5R. VIDYASAGARA ADITYANAIndependent · IND1,1171.6%
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–JNP swing
- +1.6%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 29.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 27.5%
- Turnout
- — → —