Constituency
114. Pongalur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-PONGALUR
DMK 60.0%won by 29.7%IND 30.2%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 25.7% to 29.7%.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 30.2% — it polled just 1.3% in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.2% between them, down from 97.8% — the field split more ways.
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
61,985
Margin
18,431
29.73%
Candidates
3 contested · winner DMK- 1N. PALANISAMYDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK37,17860.0%
- 2A. SENAPATHIIndependent · IND18,74730.2%
- 3CHINNADURAISOP · SOP6,0609.8%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–IND swing
- −30.8%
- DMK share
- 61.8% → 60.0%
- IND share
- 1.3% → 30.2%
- Turnout
- — → —