Constituency
412. Tiruchendur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-TIRUCHENDUR
INC 61.1%won by 27.0%NCO 34.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 27.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 61.1% of the vote here (+61.1%).
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 34.1% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 7.2% to 62.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,12,718
Turnout
62.6%
Valid votes
4,45,853
Margin
1,20,190
26.96%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1KOSALARAM K.T.Indian National Congress · INC2,72,33861.1%
- 2DEVADASAN EDWINNCO · NCO1,52,14834.1%
- 3ARUMUGAM PANDIAN N.Independent · IND11,3362.5%
- 4ANTONY EDWARDIndependent · IND5,6561.3%
- 5S. SOORYAMUTHTHU THEVARIndependent · IND2,0880.5%
- 6S. SUBBIAH NADARIndependent · IND1,5590.3%
- 7RAJ S.A.Independent · IND7280.2%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–NCO swing
- +27.0%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 61.1%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 34.1%
- Turnout
- 69.8% → 62.6%