Constituency
40. Vellore
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-VELLORE
DMK 52.8%won by 8.9%NCO 43.9%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.3% to 8.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 43.9% — 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
73,735
Margin
6,567
8.91%
Candidates
5 contested · winner DMK- 1MA. PA. SARATHYDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK38,96852.8%
- 2A. K. LALALAJAPATHYNCO · NCO32,40143.9%
- 3IIAMATHIIndependent · IND1,5872.2%
- 4ABDUL KHADER JAMALIIndependent · IND6650.9%
- 5K. SHAIL HAMEEDIndependent · IND1140.2%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −50.1%
- DMK share
- 59.0% → 52.8%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 43.9%
- Turnout
- — → —