Constituency
368. Tiruchengode
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-TIRUCHENGODE
DMK 55.8%won by 14.0%NCO 41.8%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.5% to 14.0%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 41.8% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 6.1% to 67.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,37,099
Turnout
67.1%
Valid votes
4,27,646
Margin
60,047
14.04%
Candidates
3 contested · winner DMK- 1M. MUTHUSAMIDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,38,74655.8%
- 2T. M. KALIYANNANNCO · NCO1,78,69941.8%
- 3C. SEERANGANIndependent · IND10,2012.4%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −41.2%
- DMK share
- 55.3% → 55.8%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 41.8%
- Turnout
- 73.2% → 67.1%