Constituency
230. Kollachal
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-KOLLACHAL
JNP 30.4%won by 1.7%DMK 28.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: NCO (NCO) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 1.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 30.4% of the vote here (+30.4%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.1% between them, down from 98.9% — 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
69,509
Margin
1,182
1.70%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JNP- 1R. ATHISWAMIJanata Party · JNP21,13130.4%
- 2S. RETNA RAJDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK19,94928.7%
- 3F.M. RASARATHINAMAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK17,16524.7%
- 4A. PAULIAHIndian National Congress · INC11,26416.2%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- NCO
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–DMK swing
- +45.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 30.4%
- DMK share
- 43.9% → 28.7%
- Turnout
- — → —