Constituency
401. Tiruchirappalli
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-TIRUCHIRAPPALLI
CPI 57.1%won by 15.7%NCO 41.4%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.7% to 15.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.0% to 67.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,12,644
Turnout
67.9%
Valid votes
4,84,085
Margin
76,045
15.71%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPI- 1M. KALYANASUNDARAMCommunist Party of India · CPI2,76,39057.1%
- 2Y. VENKATESWARA DIKSHIDARNCO · NCO2,00,34541.4%
- 3A. LAWRENCEIndependent · IND2,9170.6%
- 4M.M. ISMAILIndependent · IND2,4210.5%
- 5T.K. REGASAMYIndependent · IND2,0120.4%
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
- +11.1%
- CPI share
- 49.3% → 57.1%
- NCO share
- 44.7% → 41.4%
- Turnout
- 71.0% → 67.9%