Constituency
387. Sivakasi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-SIVAKASI
INC 59.7%won by 21.7%SWA 38.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 21.7%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 39.4% to 59.7% of the vote here (+20.3%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.6% of the vote between them, up from 86.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 9.7% to 68.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,73,405
Turnout
68.8%
Valid votes
3,94,679
Margin
85,662
21.70%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1V. JEYALAKSHMIIndian National Congress · INC2,35,49159.7%
- 2R. GOPALAKRISHNANSwatantra Party · SWA1,49,82938.0%
- 3S. P. MUTHURAMANUJA THEVARIndependent · IND5,2331.3%
- 4P. S. REDDYIndependent · IND4,1261.0%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SWA swing
- +29.4%
- INC share
- 39.4% → 59.7%
- SWA share
- 47.1% → 38.0%
- Turnout
- 78.6% → 68.8%