Constituency
188. Gandharvakottai
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-GANDHARVAKOTTAI
DMK 57.6%won by 18.9%NCO 38.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 18.9%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 46.2% to 57.6% of the vote here (+11.3%).
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 38.7% — 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
72,969
Margin
13,786
18.89%
Candidates
3 contested · winner DMK- 1GOVINDARASU KALINGARARDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK42,02557.6%
- 2RAMACHANDRA DURAI R.NCO · NCO28,23938.7%
- 3KALIAPERUMAL A.Independent · IND2,7053.7%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–NCO swing
- −27.4%
- DMK share
- 46.2% → 57.6%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 38.7%
- Turnout
- — → —