Constituency
6. Oupalom
Community mirrorPuducherry Assembly Election, 1969
PY-OUPALOM
DMK 46.6%won by 16.5%IND 30.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 16.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1964 and 1969 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 46.6% of the vote here (+46.6%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.7% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
5,744
Margin
946
16.47%
Candidates
3 contested · winner DMK- 1S. GOVINDARAJALUDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,67646.6%
- 2K. KARUNAKARANIndependent · IND1,73030.1%
- 3N. RANGARAJAHIndian National Congress · INC1,33823.3%
Since 1964
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1964 and 1969. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–IND swing
- +71.9%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 46.6%
- IND share
- 55.5% → 30.1%
- Turnout
- — → —