Constituency
82. Omalur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-OMALUR
DMK 60.8%won by 25.1%NCO 35.7%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.5% to 25.1%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 35.7% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Safe seatDravida Munnetra Kazhagam won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
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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not in source
Valid votes
42,862
Margin
10,758
25.10%
Candidates
4 contested · winner DMK- 1V. SELLADURAIDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK26,06560.8%
- 2C. GOVINDANNCO · NCO15,30735.7%
- 3A. NALIAPPANIndependent · IND1,0762.5%
- 4S. M. KANDASAMYIndependent · IND4141.0%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −31.1%
- DMK share
- 56.2% → 60.8%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 35.7%
- Turnout
- — → —