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360. Wandiwash

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-WANDIWASH

DMK 57.5%won by 22.0%NCO 35.5%

What changed here

Derived

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.9% to 22.0%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 35.5% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
5,39,245
Turnout
74.2%
Valid votes
4,00,062
Margin
87,955
21.99%

Candidates

4 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1G. VISWANATHANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,30,00357.5%
  2. 2A. KRISHNASWAMYNCO · NCO1,42,04835.5%
  3. 3MANIAZHILANIndependent · IND25,1146.3%
  4. 4J. P. GANESA MUDALIARIndependent · IND2,8970.7%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
DMK
DMK–NCO swing
−33.3%
DMK share
55.3% → 57.5%
NCO share
0.0% → 35.5%
Turnout
73.8% → 74.2%
359. Tiruppattur361. Tindivanam
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