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Constituency

377. Karur

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-KARUR

INC 59.1%won by 18.2%NCO 40.9%

What changed here

Derived

The 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
  1. 1GOPALIndian National Congress · INC2,38,31559.1%
  2. 2V. RAMANATHANNCO · NCO1,65,02240.9%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
SWA
Winner now
INCflipped
INCNCO swing
−28.8%
INC share
47.0% 59.1%
NCO share
0.0% 40.9%
Turnout
71.2% 68.0%