Constituency
388. Krishnagiri
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-KRISHNAGIRI
ADK 65.6%won by 35.1%DMK 30.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Anna Dravidar Kazhagam (ADK), which now leads by 35.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- ADK vote shareADK went from 0.0% to 65.6% of the vote here (+65.6%).
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 30.5% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.2% of the vote between them, up from 68.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.2% to 58.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,83,179
Turnout
58.3%
Valid votes
3,39,698
Margin
1,19,228
35.10%
Candidates
9 contested · winner ADK- 1PERIASAMY P.V.Anna Dravidar Kazhagam · ADK2,22,97965.6%
- 2KAMALANATHAN M.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,03,75130.5%
- 3SHANMUGAM A.Independent · IND4,9491.5%
- 4PARASURAMANIndependent · IND2,7780.8%
- 5SEETHARAMA REDDY S.Independent · IND2,1630.6%
- 6PURANDARAN ALIAS TAMIL ARASUIndependent · IND1,0900.3%
- 7ABDUL JABBAR H.Independent · IND9190.3%
- 8MUNISAMY M.Independent · IND6710.2%
- 9WILSON JAISINGH M.Independent · IND3980.1%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- ADKflipped
- ADK–DMK swing
- +35.1%
- ADK share
- 0.0% → 65.6%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 30.5%
- Turnout
- 61.4% → 58.3%