Constituency
408. Ramanathapuram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-RAMANATHAPURAM
ADK 67.6%won by 39.8%DMK 27.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: FBL (FBL) lost it to Anna Dravidar Kazhagam (ADK), which now leads by 39.8%.
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 67.6% of the vote here (+67.6%).
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 27.8% — it did not contest here in 1971.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,93,920
Turnout
63.4%
Valid votes
4,40,104
Margin
1,75,130
39.79%
Candidates
4 contested · winner ADK- 1ANBALAGAN P.Anna Dravidar Kazhagam · ADK2,97,61267.6%
- 2SATHIYANDRAN M.S.K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,22,48227.8%
- 3VELU A.Independent · IND17,9154.1%
- 4AYERAI C. ABDUL KADERIndependent · IND2,0950.5%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- FBL
- Winner now
- ADKflipped
- ADK–DMK swing
- +39.8%
- ADK share
- 0.0% → 67.6%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 27.8%
- Turnout
- 62.9% → 63.4%