Constituency
381. Vellore
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-VELLORE
NCO 49.2%won by 0.7%IND 48.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to NCO (NCO), which now leads by 0.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- NCO vote shareNCO went from 35.1% to 49.2% of the vote here (+14.1%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from NCO (NCO) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.7% of the vote between them, up from 92.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,59,939
Turnout
68.0%
Valid votes
4,49,004
Margin
3,161
0.70%
Candidates
4 contested · winner NCO- 1DHANDAYUTHAPANI V.NCO · NCO2,20,99449.2%
- 2ABDUL SAMADIndependent · IND2,17,83348.5%
- 3SESHAN S.I.Independent · IND6,4641.4%
- 4DAMODARAM V.K.Independent · IND3,7130.8%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- NCOflipped
- NCO–IND swing
- −26.7%
- NCO share
- 35.1% → 49.2%
- IND share
- 7.7% → 48.5%
- Turnout
- 69.3% → 68.0%