Constituency
377. Karur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-KARUR
INC 59.1%won by 18.2%NCO 40.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 18.2%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 47.0% to 59.1% of the vote here (+12.1%).
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 40.9% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.2% to 68.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,93,409
Turnout
68.0%
Valid votes
4,03,337
Margin
73,293
18.17%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1GOPALIndian National Congress · INC2,38,31559.1%
- 2V. RAMANATHANNCO · NCO1,65,02240.9%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–NCO swing
- −28.8%
- INC share
- 47.0% → 59.1%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 40.9%
- Turnout
- 71.2% → 68.0%