Constituency
26. Thiruvallur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-THIRUVALLUR
DMK 62.8%won by 32.2%NCO 30.6%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.2% to 32.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 30.6% — 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
58,110
Margin
18,737
32.24%
Candidates
3 contested · winner DMK- 1S. M. DORAIRAJDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK36,49662.8%
- 2V. S. ARUNACHALAMNCO · NCO17,75930.6%
- 3GOPALIndependent · IND3,8556.6%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −33.8%
- DMK share
- 66.1% → 62.8%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 30.6%
- Turnout
- — → —