Constituency
136. Sholavandan
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-SHOLAVANDAN
DMK 55.2%won by 11.1%NCO 44.1%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.0% to 11.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 44.1% — 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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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
78,312
Margin
8,712
11.12%
Candidates
3 contested · winner DMK- 1MANIYAN P. S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK43,25455.2%
- 2SUNDARAJAN SERVAI R.NCO · NCO34,54244.1%
- 3THNV SUNDARAMAHALINGAMIndependent · IND5160.7%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −49.1%
- DMK share
- 60.2% → 55.2%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 44.1%
- Turnout
- — → —