Constituency
130. Theni
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-THENI
DMK 64.0%won by 28.0%NCO 36.0%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.5% to 28.0%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 36.0% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
71,533
Margin
20,037
28.01%
Candidates
2 contested · winner DMK- 1PALANIVELRAJANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK45,78564.0%
- 2RAMASAMYNCO · NCO25,74836.0%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −30.7%
- DMK share
- 58.7% → 64.0%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 36.0%
- Turnout
- — → —