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31. Arcot

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971

TN-ARCOT

DMK 57.8%won by 20.8%NCO 37.0%

What changed here

Derived

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.0% to 20.8%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 37.0% — 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
67,700
Margin
14,065
20.78%

Candidates

5 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1N. VEERASAMIDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK39,12657.8%
  2. 2N. R. ETHIRAJALU NAIDUNCO · NCO25,06137.0%
  3. 3A. R. PONNUSAMI NAICKERIndependent · IND2,7774.1%
  4. 4A. K. UGRAPANIIndependent · IND4490.7%
  5. 5ARUMUGAMIndependent · IND2870.4%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
DMK
DMK–NCO swing
−39.3%
DMK share
60.1% → 57.8%
NCO share
0.0% → 37.0%
Turnout
— → —
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