Constituency
361. Tindivanam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-TINDIVANAM
INC 55.9%won by 16.2%SWA 39.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 16.2%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 41.6% to 55.9% of the vote here (+14.3%).
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 39.7% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 8.1% to 66.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,74,806
Turnout
66.0%
Valid votes
3,79,685
Margin
61,475
16.19%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1M .R. LAKSHMINARAYANANIndian National Congress · INC2,12,30955.9%
- 2M. P. RADHAKRISHNANSwatantra Party · SWA1,50,83439.7%
- 3R. K. ANNASAMYIndependent · IND16,5424.4%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SWA swing
- −25.4%
- INC share
- 41.6% → 55.9%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 39.7%
- Turnout
- 74.2% → 66.0%