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Constituency

171. Papanasam

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971

TN-PAPANASAM

DMK 56.2%won by 12.4%NCO 43.8%

What changed here

Derived

The 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
77,381
Margin
9,613
12.42%

Candidates

2 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1N. GANAPATHYDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK43,49756.2%
  2. 2V. RAMAKRISHNANNCO · NCO33,88443.8%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMKNCO swing
+12.4%
DMK share
0.0% 56.2%
NCO share
0.0% 43.8%
Turnout