Constituency
404. Nagapattinam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-NAGAPATTINAM
CPI 54.0%won by 7.9%DMK 46.0%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.9% to 7.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 46.0% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 88.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,63,463
Turnout
77.8%
Valid votes
5,16,028
Margin
40,810
7.91%
Candidates
2 contested · winner CPI- 1MURUGAIYAN S.G.Communist Party of India · CPI2,78,41954.0%
- 2THAZHAI KARUNNANITHI M.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,37,60946.0%
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–DMK swing
- −47.0%
- CPI share
- 54.9% → 54.0%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 46.0%
- Turnout
- 77.3% → 77.8%