Constituency
62. Chidambaram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-CHIDAMBARAM
DMK 50.3%won by 2.4%NCO 48.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 2.4%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 47.0% to 50.3% of the vote here (+3.3%).
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 48.0% — 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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Valid votes
71,027
Margin
1,679
2.36%
Candidates
3 contested · winner DMK- 1P. PONCHOKKALINGAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK35,75050.3%
- 2R. GOPALKRISHNANNCO · NCO34,07148.0%
- 3SATCHIDANANDAMAIndependent · IND1,2061.7%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–NCO swing
- −44.6%
- DMK share
- 47.0% → 50.3%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 48.0%
- Turnout
- — → —