Constituency
117. Modakkurichi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-MODAKKURICHI
DMK 58.2%won by 17.6%SOP 40.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 17.6%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 58.2% of the vote here (+58.2%).
- New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 40.5% — 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
77,533
Margin
13,677
17.64%
Candidates
4 contested · winner DMK- 1M. CHINNASAMIDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK45,10858.2%
- 2M. CHENNIAPPANSOP · SOP31,43140.5%
- 3RANGASAMIIndependent · IND6760.9%
- 4KOTHANDAPANIIndependent · IND3180.4%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- SSP
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–SOP swing
- +17.6%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 58.2%
- SOP share
- 0.0% → 40.5%
- Turnout
- — → —