Constituency
362. Cuddalore
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-CUDDALORE
INC 54.3%won by 8.6%NCO 45.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 8.6%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 44.1% to 54.3% of the vote here (+10.3%).
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 45.7% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.4% to 71.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,91,447
Turnout
71.6%
Valid votes
4,23,381
Margin
36,487
8.62%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1S. RADHAKRISHNANIndian National Congress · INC2,29,93454.3%
- 2R. MUTHUKUMARANNCO · NCO1,93,44745.7%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–NCO swing
- −35.4%
- INC share
- 44.1% → 54.3%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 45.7%
- Turnout
- 74.0% → 71.6%