Constituency
170. Thanjavur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-THANJAVUR
DMK 55.7%won by 11.4%NCO 44.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 11.4%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 46.1% to 55.7% of the vote here (+9.6%).
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 44.3% — 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
68,711
Margin
7,865
11.45%
Candidates
2 contested · winner DMK- 1NATARAJAN S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK38,28855.7%
- 2AROKIASAMY NADAR A. Y.NCO · NCO30,42344.3%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–NCO swing
- −34.7%
- DMK share
- 46.1% → 55.7%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 44.3%
- Turnout
- — → —