Constituency
410. Tirunelveli
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-TIRUNELVELI
ADK 69.8%won by 41.9%DMK 27.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Anna Dravidar Kazhagam (ADK), which now leads by 41.9%.
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 69.8% of the vote here (+69.8%).
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 27.9% — it did not contest here in 1971.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,72,649
Turnout
64.8%
Valid votes
4,36,223
Margin
1,82,693
41.88%
Candidates
6 contested · winner ADK- 1ARUNACHALAM V.Anna Dravidar Kazhagam · ADK3,04,56269.8%
- 2SAMSUDDIN ALIAS KATHIRAVAN K.M.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,21,86927.9%
- 3GANAPATHY K.P.Independent · IND4,4141.0%
- 4THANU PILLAI P.T.Independent · IND2,4850.6%
- 5MOSES KANGASABAI S.Independent · IND1,4580.3%
- 6MURUGANANTHAM S.A.Independent · IND1,4350.3%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- ADKflipped
- ADK–DMK swing
- +41.9%
- ADK share
- 0.0% → 69.8%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 27.9%
- Turnout
- 65.2% → 64.8%