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157. Lalgudi

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971

TN-LALGUDI

DMK 54.5%won by 16.2%NCO 38.3%

What changed here

Derived

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.6% to 16.2%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 38.3% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
73,775
Margin
11,963
16.22%

Candidates

5 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1MUTHAMIL SELVAN VN.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK40,21354.5%
  2. 2RENGASAMY UDAYAR D.NCO · NCO28,25038.3%
  3. 3KANDASAMY S.Independent · IND3,9275.3%
  4. 4CHIDAMBARAM P. V.Independent · IND1,0211.4%
  5. 5RAVANAN P.Independent · IND3640.5%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
DMK
DMK–NCO swing
−34.4%
DMK share
50.6% → 54.5%
NCO share
0.0% → 38.3%
Turnout
— → —
156. Ariyalur158. Srirangam
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