Constituency
400. Karur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-KARUR
INC 62.3%won by 28.7%NCO 33.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.2% to 28.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,32,872
Turnout
69.1%
Valid votes
5,06,396
Margin
1,45,520
28.74%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1GOPAL K.Indian National Congress · INC3,15,25962.3%
- 2MEENAKSHISUNDARAM M.NCO · NCO1,69,73933.5%
- 3SANDHANAM M.Independent · IND19,6183.9%
- 4RAMASAMY REDDIAR O.P.Independent · IND1,7800.4%
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–NCO swing
- +10.6%
- INC share
- 59.1% → 62.3%
- NCO share
- 40.9% → 33.5%
- Turnout
- 68.0% → 69.1%