Constituency
102. Thondamuthur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-THONDAMUTHUR
DMK 60.3%won by 25.3%IND 35.0%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.6% to 25.3%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
84,873
Margin
21,492
25.32%
Candidates
3 contested · winner DMK- 1R. MANICKAVASAKAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK51,18160.3%
- 2M. NATARAJIndependent · IND29,68935.0%
- 3K. RENGASWAMY ALLAS RAJUIndependent · IND4,0034.7%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–IND swing
- −30.5%
- DMK share
- 59.1% → 60.3%
- IND share
- 3.3% → 35.0%
- Turnout
- — → —