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Constituency

211. Ottapidaram

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971

TN-OTTAPIDARAM

FBL 56.9%won by 20.0%SWA 36.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to FBL (FBL), which now leads by 20.0%.

  • FBL vote shareFBL went from 0.0% to 56.9% of the vote here (+56.9%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.8% of the vote between them, up from 81.9% — 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
48,442
Margin
9,710
20.04%

Candidates

4 contested · winner FBL
  1. 1M. MUTHIAHFBL · FBL27,57156.9%
  2. 2K. MANOHARANSwatantra Party · SWA17,86136.9%
  3. 3V. SUBBIAHIndependent · IND1,8513.8%
  4. 4S. AYYA PILLAIIndependent · IND1,1592.4%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
SWA
Winner now
FBLflipped
FBLSWA swing
+65.5%
FBL share
0.0% 56.9%
SWA share
45.4% 36.9%
Turnout