Constituency
363. Chidambaram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-CHIDAMBARAM
DMK 51.1%won by 5.6%NCO 45.5%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.4% to 5.6%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 45.5% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.2% to 71.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,54,449
Turnout
71.7%
Valid votes
3,97,418
Margin
22,398
5.64%
Candidates
3 contested · winner DMK- 1V. MAYAVANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,03,05951.1%
- 2L. ELAYAPERUMALNCO · NCO1,80,66145.5%
- 3A. GAVARNARIndependent · IND13,6983.4%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −46.6%
- DMK share
- 52.2% → 51.1%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 45.5%
- Turnout
- 74.9% → 71.7%