Constituency
375. Dindigul
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-DINDIGUL
DMK 59.9%won by 23.5%SWA 36.4%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.8% to 23.5%.
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 36.4% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 7.9% to 67.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,19,290
Turnout
67.0%
Valid votes
4,15,251
Margin
97,635
23.51%
Candidates
3 contested · winner DMK- 1M. RAJANGAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,48,63859.9%
- 2K. CHEMACHAMYSwatantra Party · SWA1,51,00336.4%
- 3K. P. KUPPUSAMY MOOPANARIndependent · IND15,6103.8%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–SWA swing
- −38.9%
- DMK share
- 62.4% → 59.9%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 36.4%
- Turnout
- 75.0% → 67.0%