Constituency
142. Melur North
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-MELUR-NORTH
DMK 50.1%won by 0.2%NCO 49.9%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.3% to 0.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 49.9% — 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
74,547
Margin
127
0.17%
Candidates
2 contested · winner DMK- 1P. MALAICHAMYDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK37,33750.1%
- 2M. ANDI AMBALAMNCO · NCO37,21049.9%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −56.0%
- DMK share
- 56.1% → 50.1%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 49.9%
- Turnout
- — → —