Constituency
227. Tuticorin
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-TUTICORIN
AIADMK 29.3%won by 1.5%INC 27.8%
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 1.5%.
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 29.3% of the vote here (+29.3%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 27.8% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.1% 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
80,565
Margin
1,219
1.51%
Candidates
5 contested · winner AIADMK- 1N. DHANASEKARANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK23,59829.3%
- 2R. NAOROJIIndian National Congress · INC22,37927.8%
- 3R. KRISHNANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK17,60621.9%
- 4M. CHOCKALINGAMJanata Party · JNP16,65620.7%
- 5M. AROKIASAMYIndependent · IND3260.4%
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
- +1.5%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 29.3%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 27.8%
- Turnout
- — → —