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200. Sivaganga

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971

TN-SIVAGANGA

DMK 60.2%won by 25.1%NCO 35.1%

What changed here

Derived

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.4% to 25.1%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 35.1% — 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
—
not in source
Valid votes
70,310
Margin
17,666
25.13%

Candidates

4 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1S. SETHURAMANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK42,32060.2%
  2. 2O. SUBRAMANIANNCO · NCO24,65435.1%
  3. 3DL NAGASUNDARAMIndependent · IND2,6853.8%
  4. 4MUTHULAKSHMIIndependent · IND6510.9%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
DMK
DMK–NCO swing
−34.1%
DMK share
59.2% → 60.2%
NCO share
0.0% → 35.1%
Turnout
— → —
199. Paramakudi201. Manamadurai
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