Constituency
366. Salem
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-SALEM
DMK 55.9%won by 13.3%NCO 42.6%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.5% to 13.3%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 42.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.6% to 69.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,96,531
Turnout
69.2%
Valid votes
4,12,959
Margin
54,796
13.27%
Candidates
4 contested · winner DMK- 1E. R. KRISHNANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,30,73655.9%
- 2M. P. SUBRAMANYAMNCO · NCO1,75,94042.6%
- 3K. N. LAKSHMANANBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,9441.0%
- 4T. V. ANGANNA CHETTIARIndependent · IND2,3390.6%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −43.8%
- DMK share
- 57.1% → 55.9%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 42.6%
- Turnout
- 73.9% → 69.2%