Constituency
223. Tuticorin
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-TUTICORIN
DMK 57.0%won by 14.0%NCO 43.0%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.2% to 14.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 43.0% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
68,503
Margin
9,557
13.95%
Candidates
2 contested · winner DMK- 1RAMALINGAM R.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK39,03057.0%
- 2NAOROJIAMMALNCO · NCO29,47343.0%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −46.7%
- DMK share
- 60.6% → 57.0%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 43.0%
- Turnout
- — → —