Constituency
219. Gangaikondan
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-GANGAIKONDAN
DMK 58.8%won by 26.3%NCO 32.5%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 22.6% to 26.3%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 32.5% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.3% between them, down from 96.5% — the field split more ways.
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
56,032
Margin
14,756
26.33%
Candidates
4 contested · winner DMK- 1KARUPPIAH A.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK32,96358.8%
- 2KOIL PILLAI S.NCO · NCO18,20732.5%
- 3KARUNANITHI M. P.Independent · IND3,2215.7%
- 4PADMANABHAN P.Independent · IND1,6412.9%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −33.3%
- DMK share
- 59.6% → 58.8%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 32.5%
- Turnout
- — → —