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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971

234 seats · 89 changed party since 1967

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Party standings

Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971 · 8 parties won seats

Derived
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 184 seatsNCO — 15 seatsIndependent — 8 seatsCommunist Party of India — 8 seatsFBL — 7 seatsSwatantra Party — 6 seatsPraja Socialist Party — 4 seats1 other parties — 2 seats118234of 234 seats
  • DMK184
  • NCO15
  • IND8
  • CPI8
  • FBL7
  • SWA6
  • PSP4
  • Others2

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam18479%76,54,93548.6%203
NCONCO156%55,13,89435.0%201
INDIndependent83%9,65,3796.1%256
CPICommunist Party of India83%3,64,8032.3%10
FBLFBL73%2,68,7211.7%9
SWASwatantra Party63%4,65,1453.0%19
PSPPraja Socialist Party42%1,47,9850.9%4
MULMUL21%69,6340.4%2
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)00%2,59,2981.6%37

+ 2 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1971 · winner by seat

234 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 118

1971 · selected
Majority 118
DMK184NCO15IND8CPI8FBL7SWA6PSP4MUL2
1967 · previous
Majority 118

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1967 → 1971

1967 1971· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
40.7
48.6
0.0
35.0
4.9
6.1
5.3
3.0
4.1
1.6
41.1
0.0
DMKNCOINDSWACPMINC

Seat change

1971 seats minus 1967 seats

seats lostseats gained
DMK
137 → 184
+47
NCO
0 → 15
+15
IND
6 → 8
+2
CPI
2 → 8
+6
FBL
1 → 7
+6
SWA
20 → 6
−14
PSP
4 → 4
0
MUL
0 → 2
+2
CPM
11 → 0
−11
INC
51 → 0
−51

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1967 → 1971

share lostshare gained
NCO
0.0% → 35.0%
+35.0%
DMK
40.7% → 48.6%
+7.9%
FBL
0.3% → 1.7%
+1.4%
IND
4.9% → 6.1%
+1.2%
CPI
1.8% → 2.3%
+0.5%
MUL
0.0% → 0.4%
+0.4%
SSP
0.5% → 0.0%
−0.5%
SWA
5.3% → 3.0%
−2.3%
CPM
4.1% → 1.6%
−2.4%
INC
41.1% → 0.0%
−41.1%

Biggest DMK–NCO swings

Seats where the DMK-vs-NCO vote gap moved most, 1967 → 1971. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (DMK share − NCO share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward DMK; to the left, toward NCO.

toward NCOtoward DMK
Bhuvanagiri
−92.3%
Vaniyambadi
−86.1%
Pudukkottai
−81.4%
Thiruthuraipundi
−72.2%
Mylapore
−67.0%
Cumbum
−60.6%
Karaikudi
+59.8%
Gobichettipalayam
+59.4%
Sivakasi
+59.4%
T-Nagar
−58.5%
Modakkurichi
+58.2%
Triplicane
−58.0%

Closest races · 1971

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1971

234 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1967