Constituency
376. Madurai
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-MADURAI
INC 51.0%won by 16.3%NCO 34.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 16.3%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 35.9% to 51.0% of the vote here (+15.1%).
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 34.8% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.8% between them, down from 96.1% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 8.2% to 67.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,57,203
Turnout
67.7%
Valid votes
4,44,896
Margin
72,359
16.26%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1R. V. SWAMINATHANIndian National Congress · INC2,27,06051.0%
- 2S. CHINNA KARUPPA THEVARNCO · NCO1,54,70134.8%
- 3P.RAMAMURTICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM60,93513.7%
- 4A. SIRPADA RAOIndependent · IND2,2000.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–NCO swing
- −19.6%
- INC share
- 35.9% → 51.0%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 34.8%
- Turnout
- 75.9% → 67.7%