Constituency
8. Thousand Lights
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-THOUSAND-LIGHTS
DMK 57.4%won by 17.1%NCO 40.3%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.6% to 17.1%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 40.3% — it did not contest here in 1967.
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
67,767
Margin
11,559
17.06%
Candidates
6 contested · winner DMK- 1K A MATHIALAGANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK38,89157.4%
- 2N M MANI VARMANCO · NCO27,33240.3%
- 3K BALAVARSUIndependent · IND7591.1%
- 4K SHANTHA KUMARIIndependent · IND3140.5%
- 5S A SALIHAIndependent · IND2930.4%
- 6D BHOOPATHYIndependent · IND1780.3%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −43.2%
- DMK share
- 60.3% → 57.4%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 40.3%
- Turnout
- — → —