Constituency
2. Harbour
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-HARBOUR
IND 49.4%won by 0.8%NCO 48.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndependent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.8% to 0.8%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 48.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Knife-edgeDecided by 486 votes (0.82%) — among the closest results anywhere.
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
59,115
Margin
486
0.82%
Candidates
3 contested · winner IND- 1A M MOHIDEENIndependent · IND29,22549.4%
- 2UMAPATHY GNCO · NCO28,73948.6%
- 3ABIBULLA BAIGIndependent · IND1,1511.9%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- IND
- IND–NCO swing
- −50.9%
- IND share
- 51.7% → 49.4%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 48.6%
- Turnout
- — → —