Elections Archive

GEN · Tamil Nadu

Tirunelveli

Arunachalam V. (ADK) won by 1,82,693 votes (41.9%).

Electors
6,72,649
Votes polled
4,44,250
Valid votes
Turnout
66.0%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1977 national median: 41.9% (median 24.7%). Back to Tamil Nadu · 1977 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Comfortable (10–20%)Flipped vs 2019
Margin · 2024
15.6%(-2.4%)
Turnout
64.5%(-3.6%)
NOTA
0.7%
Top-2 squeeze
79.1%

Winning margin over time · Tirunelveli

1971197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202442%

Candidates

Candidates · Tirunelveli 1977
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Arunachalam V.WinnerADK3,04,56269.8%
2Samsuddin Alias Kathiravan K.M.DMK1,21,86927.9%
3Ganapathy K.P.IND4,4141.0%
4Thanu Pillai P.T.IND2,4850.6%
5Moses Kangasabai S.IND1,4580.3%
6Muruganantham S.A.IND1,4350.3%

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