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Constituency

63. Vridhachalam

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971

TN-VRIDHACHALAM

DMK 54.3%won by 9.3%NCO 45.0%

What changed here

Derived

The 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
77,645
Margin
7,198
9.27%

Candidates

3 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1M. SELVRAJDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK42,13254.3%
  2. 2B. THIYAGARAJANNCO · NCO34,93445.0%
  3. 3R. KRISHANASAMIIndependent · IND5790.7%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMKNCO swing
−34.0%
DMK share
43.3% 54.3%
NCO share
0.0% 45.0%
Turnout