Constituency
111. Dharapuram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-DHARAPURAM
DMK 64.4%won by 30.4%NCO 34.0%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.6% to 30.4%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 34.0% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- 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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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
63,575
Margin
19,350
30.44%
Candidates
3 contested · winner DMK- 1V. P. PALANIAMMALDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK40,94764.4%
- 2V. N. GOPALNCO · NCO21,59734.0%
- 3T. MANOHARANIndependent · IND1,0311.6%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −34.6%
- DMK share
- 65.0% → 64.4%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 34.0%
- Turnout
- — → —