Constituency
224. Tiruchendur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-TIRUCHENDUR
DMK 53.5%won by 7.9%NCO 45.6%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.1% to 7.9%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 45.6% — 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
74,665
Margin
5,929
7.94%
Candidates
3 contested · winner DMK- 1EDMUNDDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK39,97453.5%
- 2GANESASUNDARAMNCO · NCO34,04545.6%
- 3M. P. SYED AHAMEDIndependent · IND6460.9%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −48.1%
- DMK share
- 56.1% → 53.5%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 45.6%
- Turnout
- — → —