Constituency
394. Coimbatore
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-COIMBATORE
CPI 52.1%won by 4.1%NCO 47.9%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.0% to 4.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 87.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.0% to 69.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,43,258
Turnout
69.1%
Valid votes
5,13,670
Margin
21,178
4.12%
Candidates
2 contested · winner CPI- 1PARVATHI KRISHNANCommunist Party of India · CPI2,67,42452.1%
- 2LAKSHMANAN S.V.NCO · NCO2,46,24647.9%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–NCO swing
- −14.9%
- CPI share
- 53.0% → 52.1%
- NCO share
- 34.0% → 47.9%
- Turnout
- 64.1% → 69.1%