Constituency
193. Karaikudi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-KARAIKUDI
DMK 59.8%won by 19.6%SWA 40.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 19.6%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 59.8% of the vote here (+59.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 92.4% — a tighter two-way 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
66,844
Margin
13,128
19.64%
Candidates
2 contested · winner DMK- 1C. T. CHIDAMBARAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK39,98659.8%
- 2S. P. R. RAMASWAMYSwatantra Party · SWA26,85840.2%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–SWA swing
- +78.4%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 59.8%
- SWA share
- 58.7% → 40.2%
- Turnout
- — → —