Constituency
358. Vellore
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-VELLORE
DMK 57.1%won by 22.0%NCO 35.1%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 19.1% to 22.0%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 35.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.2% to 69.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,59,646
Turnout
69.3%
Valid votes
3,87,742
Margin
85,321
22.00%
Candidates
3 contested · winner DMK- 1R. P. ULAGANAMBIDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,21,51257.1%
- 2T. MANAVALANNCO · NCO1,36,19135.1%
- 3GOPALIndependent · IND30,0397.7%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −33.8%
- DMK share
- 55.8% → 57.1%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 35.1%
- Turnout
- 72.4% → 69.3%