Constituency
395. Pollachi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-POLLACHI
ADK 64.5%won by 30.9%DMK 33.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Anna Dravidar Kazhagam (ADK), which now leads by 30.9%.
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 64.5% of the vote here (+64.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.1% of the vote between them, up from 68.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 8.6% to 60.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,70,445
Turnout
60.0%
Valid votes
4,02,246
Margin
1,24,194
30.88%
Candidates
3 contested · winner ADK- 1RAJU K.A.Anna Dravidar Kazhagam · ADK2,59,38864.5%
- 2DHANDAPANI C.T.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,35,19433.6%
- 3MURUGAN V.Independent · IND7,6641.9%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- ADKflipped
- ADK–DMK swing
- +72.5%
- ADK share
- 0.0% → 64.5%
- DMK share
- 41.6% → 33.6%
- Turnout
- 68.6% → 60.0%