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390. Tiruchendur

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-TIRUCHENDUR

DMK 49.3%won by 0.0%SWA 49.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 0.0%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 49.3% of the vote here (+49.3%).
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 26 votes (0.01%) — among the closest results anywhere.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
5,89,553
Turnout
69.8%
Valid votes
4,11,385
Margin
26
0.01%

Candidates

3 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1M. S. SIVASAMYDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,02,78349.3%
  2. 2M. MATHIASSwatantra Party · SWA2,02,75749.3%
  3. 3A. PONNIAHIndependent · IND5,8451.4%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
SWA
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–SWA swing
+46.9%
DMK share
0.0% → 49.3%
SWA share
46.9% → 49.3%
Turnout
71.1% → 69.8%
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