Constituency
233. Vilavancode
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-VILAVANCODE
CPM 48.9%won by 2.9%JNP 46.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: NCO (NCO) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 2.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 15.8% to 48.9% of the vote here (+33.1%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 46.0% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.8% of the vote between them, up from 83.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
66,787
Margin
1,933
2.89%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1D. GNANASIGAMONYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM32,62848.9%
- 2S. SATHIADASJanata Party · JNP30,69546.0%
- 3A. ASARYIndian National Congress · INC3,1654.7%
- 4S. SESARI SELVARAJIndependent · IND2990.4%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- NCO
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–JNP swing
- −12.9%
- CPM share
- 15.8% → 48.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 46.0%
- Turnout
- — → —