Constituency
385. Cuddalore
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-CUDDALORE
INC 55.8%won by 21.5%NCO 34.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.6% to 21.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.0% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 7.3% to 64.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,44,882
Turnout
64.3%
Valid votes
4,14,561
Margin
89,057
21.48%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1BHUVARAHAN G.Indian National Congress · INC2,31,12855.8%
- 2RADHAKRISHNAN S.NCO · NCO1,42,07134.3%
- 3KANAGARATHINAM S.Independent · IND26,8626.5%
- 4MEYALAGAN T.Independent · IND10,9892.7%
- 5VAHAB T.Independent · IND3,5110.8%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–NCO swing
- +12.9%
- INC share
- 54.3% → 55.8%
- NCO share
- 45.7% → 34.3%
- Turnout
- 71.6% → 64.3%