Constituency
23. Karikal South
Community mirrorPuducherry Assembly Election, 1969
PY-KARIKAL-SOUTH
DMK 50.9%won by 8.3%INC 42.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 8.3%.
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 50.9% of the vote here (+50.9%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 42.6% — it did not contest here in 1964.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 93.5% 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
4,791
Margin
398
8.31%
Candidates
3 contested · winner DMKSince 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–INC swing
- +8.3%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 50.9%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 42.6%
- Turnout
- — → —