Constituency
189. Pattukkottai
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-PATTUKKOTTAI
PSP 63.0%won by 25.9%NCO 37.0%
What changed here
DerivedPraja Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.1% to 25.9%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 37.0% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Safe seatPraja Socialist Party 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
70,794
Margin
18,336
25.90%
Candidates
2 contested · winner PSP- 1MARIMUTHU A. R.Praja Socialist Party · PSP44,56563.0%
- 2NAGARAJAN N.NCO · NCO26,22937.0%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- PSP
- PSP–NCO swing
- −28.7%
- PSP share
- 54.6% → 63.0%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 37.0%
- Turnout
- — → —