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172. Valangiman

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971

TN-VALANGIMAN

DMK 58.1%won by 21.4%NCO 36.7%

What changed here

Derived

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.2% to 21.4%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 36.7% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 94.8% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
66,291
Margin
14,168
21.37%

Candidates

5 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1N. SOMASUNDARAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK38,51958.1%
  2. 2V. THANGAVELUNCO · NCO24,35136.7%
  3. 3K. NEDUNCHEZIANIndependent · IND2,6834.0%
  4. 4A. PICHAIYANIndependent · IND5250.8%
  5. 5PALANISAMYIndependent · IND2130.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
DMK
DMK–NCO swing
−31.7%
DMK share
53.1% → 58.1%
NCO share
0.0% → 36.7%
Turnout
— → —
171. Papanasam173. Kumbakonam
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