Constituency
79. Pennagaram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-PENNAGARAM
DMK 52.4%won by 4.7%NCO 47.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe 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
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
63,589
Margin
3,007
4.73%
Candidates
2 contested · winner DMK- 1N. MANICKKAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK33,29852.4%
- 2P. K. C. MUTHUSWAMINCO · NCO30,29147.6%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–NCO swing
- −42.1%
- DMK share
- 46.8% → 52.4%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 47.6%
- Turnout
- — → —