Constituency
57. Cuddalore
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-CUDDALORE
DMK 52.6%won by 6.4%NCO 46.2%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.4% to 6.4%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 46.2% — 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
66,950
Margin
4,310
6.44%
Candidates
3 contested · winner DMK- 1R. GOVINDARAJDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK35,21952.6%
- 2P. R. SEENIVASA PODAYACHINCO · NCO30,90946.2%
- 3T. KUPPUSAMYIndependent · IND8221.2%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −48.6%
- DMK share
- 55.1% → 52.6%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 46.2%
- Turnout
- — → —