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197. Kadaladi

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971

TN-KADALADI

DMK 64.9%won by 36.3%SWA 28.5%

What changed here

Derived

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 28.8% to 36.3%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 28.5% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
48,597
Margin
17,658
36.34%

Candidates

6 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1RAMALINGAM C.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK31,52164.9%
  2. 2ALANGARAM M.Swatantra Party · SWA13,86328.5%
  3. 3KIZHAVAN K.Independent · IND1,8063.7%
  4. 4PANDY T.Independent · IND6341.3%
  5. 5RAJAM TIRUMATHI P. R.Independent · IND5311.1%
  6. 6KRISHNAN S.Independent · IND2420.5%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
DMK
DMK–SWA swing
−25.2%
DMK share
61.5% → 64.9%
SWA share
0.0% → 28.5%
Turnout
— → —
196. Ramanathapuram198. Mudhukulathur
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