Constituency
372. Dharapuram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-DHARAPURAM
DMK 64.4%won by 28.8%NCO 35.6%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 26.6% to 28.8%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 35.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 7.3% to 66.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,06,592
Turnout
66.6%
Valid votes
4,04,040
Margin
1,16,186
28.76%
Candidates
2 contested · winner DMK- 1C. T. DHANDAPANIDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,60,11364.4%
- 2K. PARAMALAINCO · NCO1,43,92735.6%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −33.6%
- DMK share
- 62.4% → 64.4%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 35.6%
- Turnout
- 73.9% → 66.6%