SC · Tamil Nadu
Pottapidaram
O.S. Veluchami (INC) won by 5,828 votes (10.7%).
- Electors
- 1,05,342
- Votes polled
- 55,355
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 52.5%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1977 state median: 10.7% (median 7.8%). Back to Tamil Nadu 1977 · All years
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | O.S. VeluchamiWinner | INC | 22,629 | 41.5% |
| 2 | O. Thangaraj | ADK | 16,801 | 30.8% |
| 3 | S. Ashok Kumar | JNP | 7,483 | 13.7% |
| 4 | U. Mookiah | DMK | 4,661 | 8.5% |
| 5 | M. Muthiah | IND | 1,681 | 3.1% |
| 6 | D. Muthiah | IND | 715 | 1.3% |
| 7 | R. Vellaichamy | IND | 253 | 0.5% |
| 8 | N. Arumugam | IND | 186 | 0.3% |
| 9 | N. Krishnan | IND | 108 | 0.2% |
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