Constituency
397. Dindigul
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-DINDIGUL
ADK 59.6%won by 35.6%CPM 24.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Anna Dravidar Kazhagam (ADK), which now leads by 35.6%.
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 59.6% of the vote here (+59.6%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 24.0% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.6% between them, down from 96.2% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,21,154
Turnout
65.9%
Valid votes
4,75,417
Margin
1,69,224
35.59%
Candidates
6 contested · winner ADK- 1MAYA THEVAR K.Anna Dravidar Kazhagam · ADK2,83,34159.6%
- 2BALASUBRAMANYAM A.Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,14,11724.0%
- 3MOOKKIAH THEVAR P.K.Independent · IND60,50012.7%
- 4SANTHANAM N.M.Independent · IND8,7681.8%
- 5MANOKARAN M.Independent · IND5,8301.2%
- 6SREENIVASAN N.Independent · IND2,8610.6%
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–CPM swing
- +35.6%
- ADK share
- 0.0% → 59.6%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 24.0%
- Turnout
- 67.0% → 65.9%