Constituency
9. Triplicane
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-TRIPLICANE
DMK 50.4%won by 1.4%NCO 49.0%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.5% to 1.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 49.0% — 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
71,902
Margin
1,039
1.45%
Candidates
4 contested · winner DMK- 1V R NEDUNCHEZHIYANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK36,23750.4%
- 2K VINAYAKAMNCO · NCO35,19849.0%
- 3NOORG EHAN MAMADIIndependent · IND3400.5%
- 4S A ZAMANIndependent · IND1270.2%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −58.0%
- DMK share
- 59.4% → 50.4%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 49.0%
- Turnout
- — → —