Constituency
105. Coimbatore North
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-COIMBATORE-NORTH
DMK 55.5%won by 15.1%SWA 40.4%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.7% to 15.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 40.4% — 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
62,621
Margin
9,450
15.09%
Candidates
4 contested · winner DMK- 1P. GOPALDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK34,73655.5%
- 2S. S. KRISHNASWAMYSwatantra Party · SWA25,28640.4%
- 3S. ARUMUGAMIndependent · IND2,2943.7%
- 4ANNNIAAHIndependent · IND3050.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–SWA swing
- −48.8%
- DMK share
- 63.8% → 55.5%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 40.4%
- Turnout
- — → —