Constituency
228. Kanniyakumari
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-KANNIYAKUMARI
AIADMK 33.3%won by 10.3%JNP 23.0%
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 10.3%.
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 33.3% of the vote here (+33.3%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 23.0% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 56.3% between them, down from 95.7% — 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
69,703
Margin
7,212
10.35%
Candidates
7 contested · winner AIADMK- 1C. KRISHNANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK23,22233.3%
- 2T.C. SUBRAMANIA PILLAYJanata Party · JNP16,01023.0%
- 3M. SUBRAMANIANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK14,85421.3%
- 4K. MUTHUARUPPA PILLAIIndian National Congress · INC7,50710.8%
- 5S. SHANMUGAMIndependent · IND6,7129.6%
- 6T. CHINNAKAM NADARIndependent · IND9301.3%
- 7R. SUBRAMANIA PILLAIIndependent · IND4680.7%
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
- +10.3%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 33.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 23.0%
- Turnout
- — → —