Constituency
196. Ramanathapuram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-RAMANATHAPURAM
DMK 65.1%won by 33.6%NCO 31.4%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.6% to 33.6%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 31.4% — 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
62,549
Margin
21,041
33.64%
Candidates
4 contested · winner DMK- 1SATHIYENDRAN M. S. K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK40,69065.1%
- 2BALAGANGADHARAN R.NCO · NCO19,64931.4%
- 3ABDULIAH E. M.Independent · IND1,6322.6%
- 4MANI V. A.Independent · IND5780.9%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −23.2%
- DMK share
- 56.8% → 65.1%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 31.4%
- Turnout
- — → —