Constituency
151. Uppiliapuram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-UPPILIAPURAM
DMK 51.6%won by 8.2%NCO 43.4%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.6% to 8.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 43.4% — 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
83,065
Margin
6,807
8.19%
Candidates
3 contested · winner DMK- 1T. P. ALAGAMUTHUDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK42,86151.6%
- 2R. PERIASAMINCO · NCO36,05443.4%
- 3S. R. NARARAJANIndependent · IND4,1505.0%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −48.1%
- DMK share
- 56.3% → 51.6%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 43.4%
- Turnout
- — → —