Election
Constituency

78. Palacodu

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971

TN-PALACODU

DMK 52.8%won by 5.7%NCO 47.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 5.7%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 44.8% to 52.8% of the vote here (+8.1%).
  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 47.2% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 94.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
61,279
Margin
3,477
5.67%

Candidates

2 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1M. V. KARIVENGADAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK32,37852.8%
  2. 2B. K. NARASHIMANNCO · NCO28,90147.2%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMKNCO swing
−39.1%
DMK share
44.8% 52.8%
NCO share
0.0% 47.2%
Turnout