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Constituency

79. Pennagaram

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971

TN-PENNAGARAM

DMK 52.4%won by 4.7%NCO 47.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 4.7%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 46.8% to 52.4% of the vote here (+5.5%).
  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 47.6% — 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
63,589
Margin
3,007
4.73%

Candidates

2 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1N. MANICKKAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK33,29852.4%
  2. 2P. K. C. MUTHUSWAMINCO · NCO30,29147.6%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMKNCO swing
−42.1%
DMK share
46.8% 52.4%
NCO share
0.0% 47.6%
Turnout