Constituency
90. Tiruchengodu
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-TIRUCHENGODU
DMK 60.9%won by 26.9%NCO 34.0%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.0% to 26.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 34.0% — 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
71,610
Margin
19,260
26.90%
Candidates
3 contested · winner DMK- 1S. KANDAPPANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK43,60560.9%
- 2V. KUMARASAMYNCO · NCO24,34534.0%
- 3T. SANKARAN PILLAIIndependent · IND3,6605.1%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −37.8%
- DMK share
- 64.7% → 60.9%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 34.0%
- Turnout
- — → —