Constituency
222. Srivaikuntam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-SRIVAIKUNTAM
DMK 54.9%won by 14.1%NCO 40.8%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.5% to 14.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 40.8% — 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
67,938
Margin
9,605
14.14%
Candidates
8 contested · winner DMK- 1ADITHANARDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK37,32954.9%
- 2ANNAMALAI R. A. R.NCO · NCO27,72440.8%
- 3NATARAJAN T.Independent · IND1,5412.3%
- 4ESAKKI THEVAR C.Independent · IND3770.6%
- 5SUBBA NAICKER T. K.Independent · IND3330.5%
- 6KASI C.Independent · IND2600.4%
- 7SOMASUNDARAM M.Independent · IND1930.3%
- 8PERRISAMI P.Independent · IND1810.3%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −48.4%
- DMK share
- 62.6% → 54.9%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 40.8%
- Turnout
- — → —