Constituency
141. Melur South
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-MELUR-SOUTH
DMK 58.8%won by 22.0%NCO 36.8%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.8% to 22.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 36.8% — 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
76,685
Margin
16,876
22.01%
Candidates
4 contested · winner DMK- 1O. P. RAMANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK45,09058.8%
- 2C. KARUTHANANNCO · NCO28,21436.8%
- 3P. POOSARIIndependent · IND2,5743.4%
- 4M. GANDHI VEERANIndependent · IND8071.1%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −41.4%
- DMK share
- 63.4% → 58.8%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 36.8%
- Turnout
- — → —