Constituency
220. Tirunelveli
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-TIRUNELVELI
DMK 62.2%won by 24.3%NCO 37.8%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 24.1% to 24.3%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 37.8% — it did not contest here in 1967.
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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Valid votes
69,698
Margin
16,952
24.32%
Candidates
2 contested · winner DMK- 1P. PADMANABHANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK43,32562.2%
- 2RAJATHIKUNGHITHAPATHAMNCO · NCO26,37337.8%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −37.4%
- DMK share
- 61.7% → 62.2%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 37.8%
- Turnout
- — → —