Constituency
63. Vridhachalam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-VRIDHACHALAM
DMK 54.3%won by 9.3%NCO 45.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 9.3%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 43.3% to 54.3% of the vote here (+11.0%).
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 45.0% — 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
77,645
Margin
7,198
9.27%
Candidates
3 contested · winner DMK- 1M. SELVRAJDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK42,13254.3%
- 2B. THIYAGARAJANNCO · NCO34,93445.0%
- 3R. KRISHANASAMIIndependent · IND5790.7%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–NCO swing
- −34.0%
- DMK share
- 43.3% → 54.3%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 45.0%
- Turnout
- — → —