Constituency
83. Salem-I
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-SALEM-I
DMK 50.9%won by 3.7%NCO 47.2%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.4% to 3.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 47.2% — 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
90,847
Margin
3,395
3.74%
Candidates
3 contested · winner DMK- 1K. JAYARAMANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK46,26250.9%
- 2P. THIAGARAJANNCO · NCO42,86747.2%
- 3P. RAMAKRISHNANBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,7181.9%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −54.2%
- DMK share
- 57.9% → 50.9%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 47.2%
- Turnout
- — → —