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99. Coonoor

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971

TN-COONOOR

DMK 60.8%won by 33.0%NCO 27.9%

What changed here

Derived

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.5% to 33.0%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 27.9% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.7% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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
54,982
Margin
18,126
32.97%

Candidates

6 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1J. KARUNAINATHANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK33,45160.8%
  2. 2N. ANDYNCO · NCO15,32527.9%
  3. 3M. M. RAMANIndependent · IND4,3547.9%
  4. 4I. DORAISWAMYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,6032.9%
  5. 5D. R. BOJARAJIndependent · IND1290.2%
  6. 6A. K. BHEEMANIndependent · IND1200.2%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
DMK
DMK–NCO swing
−25.8%
DMK share
58.7% → 60.8%
NCO share
0.0% → 27.9%
Turnout
— → —
98. Udhagamandalam100. Mettuppalayam
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