Constituency
84. Salem-Ii
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-SALEM-II
DMK 52.8%won by 7.5%NCO 45.2%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.2% to 7.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 45.2% — 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
70,402
Margin
5,308
7.54%
Candidates
4 contested · winner DMK- 1RAJARAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK37,15252.8%
- 2R. RAMAKRISHNANNCO · NCO31,84445.2%
- 3S. NATARAJANIndependent · IND7981.1%
- 4S. S. RAMA RAOBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6080.9%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −50.5%
- DMK share
- 58.0% → 52.8%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 45.2%
- Turnout
- — → —