Election
Constituency

208. Rajapalayam

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971

TN-RAJAPALAYAM

CPI 50.5%won by 0.9%NCO 49.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 0.9%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 50.5% of the vote here (+50.5%).
  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 49.5% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 88.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
72,990
Margin
664
0.91%

Candidates

2 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1SUPPU K.Communist Party of India · CPI36,82750.5%
  2. 2SRIRENGA RAJA K. R.NCO · NCO36,16349.5%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPINCO swing
+0.9%
CPI share
0.0% 50.5%
NCO share
0.0% 49.5%
Turnout