Constituency
398. Madurai
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-MADURAI
INC 62.1%won by 27.9%CPM 34.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.3% to 27.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from NCO (NCO) to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.4% of the vote between them, up from 85.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.4% to 63.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,61,202
Turnout
63.3%
Valid votes
4,81,771
Margin
1,34,345
27.89%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1SWAMINATHAN R.V.Indian National Congress · INC2,99,30962.1%
- 2RAMAMURTHI P.Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,64,96434.2%
- 3MUTHUMAYA THEVAR S.Independent · IND9,2571.9%
- 4KRISHNAN (JANAKI) J.S.Independent · IND3,8090.8%
- 5BRABAHARA SINGH B.Independent · IND2,6560.6%
- 6LAKSHMANASUBBARAJULU G.Independent · IND1,7760.4%
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–CPM swing
- −9.5%
- INC share
- 51.0% → 62.1%
- CPM share
- 13.7% → 34.2%
- Turnout
- 67.7% → 63.3%