Constituency
381. Kumbakonam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-KUMBAKONAM
DMK 54.3%won by 8.7%NCO 45.7%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.7% to 8.7%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 45.7% — it did not contest here in 1967.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,72,159
Turnout
78.0%
Valid votes
4,46,341
Margin
38,753
8.68%
Candidates
2 contested · winner DMK- 1ERA SEZHIYANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,42,54754.3%
- 2C. R. RAMASAMYNCO · NCO2,03,79445.7%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −41.5%
- DMK share
- 50.2% → 54.3%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 45.7%
- Turnout
- 79.8% → 78.0%