Constituency
187. Orathanadu
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-ORATHANADU
DMK 62.0%won by 28.9%NCO 33.1%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.6% to 28.9%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 33.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Safe seatDravida Munnetra Kazhagam won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
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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Valid votes
79,479
Margin
22,986
28.92%
Candidates
3 contested · winner DMK- 1GANESAN L.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK49,26962.0%
- 2DHADAYAUDHAPANINCO · NCO26,28333.1%
- 3KARUPPAN M.Independent · IND3,9274.9%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −31.9%
- DMK share
- 60.8% → 62.0%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 33.1%
- Turnout
- — → —