Constituency
229. Nagercoil
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-NAGERCOIL
AIADMK 36.5%won by 0.3%JNP 36.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 0.3%.
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 36.5% of the vote here (+36.5%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 36.2% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.6% between them, down from 95.4% — 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
73,994
Margin
193
0.26%
Candidates
7 contested · winner AIADMK- 1M. VINCENTAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK26,97336.5%
- 2P. MUHAMMED ISMAILJanata Party · JNP26,78036.2%
- 3G.C. MICHAEL RAJDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK12,82417.3%
- 4M.A. JAMESIndian National Congress · INC6,7219.1%
- 5POOMEDAI S. LAKSHMANAN PILLAYIndependent · IND4090.6%
- 6V. EMMANUELIndependent · IND1650.2%
- 7S.M. JEBOSTEENIndependent · IND1220.2%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–JNP swing
- +0.3%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 36.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 36.2%
- Turnout
- — → —