Constituency
171. Papanasam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-PAPANASAM
DMK 56.2%won by 12.4%NCO 43.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 12.4%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 56.2% of the vote here (+56.2%).
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 43.8% — 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
77,381
Margin
9,613
12.42%
Candidates
2 contested · winner DMK- 1N. GANAPATHYDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK43,49756.2%
- 2V. RAMAKRISHNANNCO · NCO33,88443.8%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–NCO swing
- +12.4%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 56.2%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 43.8%
- Turnout
- — → —