Constituency
228. Kanniyakumari
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971
TN-KANNIYAKUMARI
DMK 51.1%won by 6.5%NCO 44.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 6.5%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 51.1% of the vote here (+51.1%).
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 44.6% — 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
70,220
Margin
4,558
6.49%
Candidates
4 contested · winner DMK- 1RAJAH PILLAI K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK35,88451.1%
- 2MAHADEVAN PILLAI B.NCO · NCO31,32644.6%
- 3ANDERSON A.Independent · IND2,6783.8%
- 4NATARAJA PILLAI N.Independent · IND3320.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–NCO swing
- +6.5%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 51.1%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 44.6%
- Turnout
- — → —