State · 197139 of 518 seats

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu elects 39 . DRAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZHAGAM won 23 of 39 seats.

DMK23

INC9

CPI4

NCO1

Independent1

FBL1

72Out of every 100 voters here, 72 voted. India: 55.

The numbers

Turnout

71.82%

+16.5 pts vs India

Electors

2.31crore

in 39 constituencies

Women MPs

of 0 women candidates

Candidates

111

0 women · NOTA 0.0%

Who won the 39 seats

one tile per constituency, grouped by party

DMK 23 INC 9 CPI 4 NCO 1 Independent 1 FBL 1

Votes vs seats

pale = share of votes · solid = share of seats

Share of votesShare of seats

DMK35% → 59%

INC13% → 23%

CPI5% → 10%

NCO30% → 3%

Independent3% → 3%

FBL1% → 3%

SWA9% → 0%

Vote share

bars: % of valid votes · right: seats

DMK35.3%23seats INC12.5%9seats CPI5.4%4seats NCO30.4%1seats Independent3.2%1seats FBL1.3%1seats SWA9.3%0seats CPI(M)1.6%0seats

Notable contests

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Closest

26 votes

Tiruchendur
DMK over SWA

Biggest win

1.26 lakh

Pollachi
Narayanan (DMK)

Highest turnout

81.4%

Thanjavur
4,85,480 votes

Lowest turnout

59.2%

Mettur
3,51,437 votes

Constituencies

39 · tap one for the full result

K. Manoharan · DMK2,45,40155.0%S. G. Vinayagamoorthy · NCO1,93,80743.5%Third · Independent3,4520.8%

Turnout 66.1%Electors 6,91,938Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Murasoli Naran · DMK2,53,62652.1%Nara Simhan · SWA2,33,28547.9%

Turnout 67.3%Electors 7,41,660Candidates 2NOTA 0 (0.0%)

T. S. Latchumanan · DMK3,00,66360.0%P. Kakkan · NCO2,00,61740.0%

Turnout 70.5%Electors 7,30,302Candidates 2NOTA 0 (0.0%)

C. Chittibabu · DMK2,51,68760.0%P. M. Muthukumarappa · NCO1,32,93131.7%Third · Independent26,2916.3%

Turnout 74.7%Electors 5,80,796Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)

O. V. Alagesa Mudaliar · INC2,41,41860.5%P. Ramachandran · NCO1,57,31339.5%

Turnout 74.3%Electors 5,65,715Candidates 2NOTA 0 (0.0%)

R. P. Ulaganambi · DMK2,21,51257.1%T. Manavalan · NCO1,36,19135.1%Third · Independent30,0397.8%

Turnout 71.6%Electors 5,59,646Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)

C. K. Chinnaraji Gounder · DMK2,07,56257.6%N. Parthasarathy · SWA1,52,49942.4%

Turnout 72.7%Electors 5,16,063Candidates 2NOTA 0 (0.0%)

G. Viswanathan · DMK2,30,00357.5%A. Krishnaswamy · NCO1,42,04835.5%Third · Independent25,1146.3%

Turnout 76.3%Electors 5,39,245Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)

M .R. Lakshminarayanan · INC2,12,30955.9%M. P. Radhakrishnan · SWA1,50,83439.7%Third · Independent16,5424.4%

Turnout 71.8%Electors 5,74,806Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)

S. Radhakrishnan · INC2,29,93454.3%R. Muthukumaran · NCO1,93,44745.7%

Turnout 74.8%Electors 5,91,447Candidates 2NOTA 0 (0.0%)

V. Mayavan · DMK2,03,05951.1%L. Elayaperumal · NCO1,80,66145.5%Third · Independent13,6983.5%

Turnout 74.0%Electors 5,54,449Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)

M. Devekan · DMK2,07,72152.8%K. Veerasamy · NCO1,85,74547.2%

Turnout 72.4%Electors 5,58,064Candidates 2NOTA 0 (0.0%)

T. Thirthagiri Gounder · INC1,86,11455.2%T. M. Thirupathy · SWA1,51,19444.8%

Turnout 64.9%Electors 5,49,124Candidates 2NOTA 0 (0.0%)

E. R. Krishnan · DMK2,30,73655.9%M. P. Subramanyam · NCO1,75,94042.6%Third · BJS3,9441.0%

Turnout 70.9%Electors 5,96,531Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)

G. Bhuvarahan · INC2,01,74459.8%K. Ramamurthy · NCO1,35,60440.2%

Turnout 59.2%Electors 5,93,427Candidates 2NOTA 0 (0.0%)

M. Muthusami · DMK2,38,74655.8%T. M. Kaliyannan · NCO1,78,69941.8%Third · Independent10,2012.4%

Turnout 68.7%Electors 6,37,099Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)

J. Matha Gowder · DMK2,15,65458.3%Akkamma Devi · NCO1,54,56041.8%

Turnout 69.6%Electors 5,53,870Candidates 2NOTA 0 (0.0%)

K. Balathandayutham · CPI2,14,82453.0%Ramaswamy · NCO1,37,77134.0%Third · CPI(M)52,38812.9%

Turnout 67.5%Electors 6,31,568Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Narayanan · DMK2,67,81164.7%K. R. Nallasivam · SSP1,41,60534.2%Third · Independent4,7991.2%

Turnout 71.4%Electors 6,04,191Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)

C. T. Dhandapani · DMK2,60,11364.4%K. Paramalai · NCO1,43,92735.6%

Turnout 68.7%Electors 6,06,592Candidates 2NOTA 0 (0.0%)

P. A. Saminathan · DMK2,19,66258.0%E. V. K. Sampath · NCO1,59,17042.0%

Turnout 68.9%Electors 5,65,827Candidates 2NOTA 0 (0.0%)

S. M. Mohammed Sheriff · Independent1,75,94045.3%Ajmalkhan · SWA1,34,01534.5%Third · Independent45,06611.6%

Turnout 71.0%Electors 5,89,743Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)

M. Rajangam · DMK2,48,63859.9%K. Chemachamy · SWA1,51,00336.4%Third · Independent15,6103.8%

Turnout 71.0%Electors 6,19,290Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)

R. V. Swaminathan · INC2,27,06051.0%S. Chinna Karuppa Thevar · NCO1,54,70134.8%Third · CPI(M)60,93513.7%

Turnout 71.3%Electors 6,57,203Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Gopal · INC2,38,31559.1%V. Ramanathan · NCO1,65,02240.9%

Turnout 71.2%Electors 5,93,409Candidates 2NOTA 0 (0.0%)

M. Kalyanasundaram · CPI2,17,67749.3%S. P. Thangavelu · NCO1,97,12744.7%Third · CPI(M)26,3396.0%

Turnout 73.5%Electors 6,21,540Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)

A. Durairasu · DMK2,58,72456.8%M. Ayyakunnu · NCO1,97,15543.3%

Turnout 79.3%Electors 5,90,866Candidates 2NOTA 0 (0.0%)

K. Veeriah · DMK2,51,86155.3%R. Vijaya Reghunatha Thondaiman · NCO2,03,46644.7%

Turnout 77.3%Electors 6,04,445Candidates 2NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Era Sezhiyan · DMK2,42,54754.3%C. R. Ramasamy · NCO2,03,79445.7%

Turnout 80.0%Electors 5,72,159Candidates 2NOTA 0 (0.0%)

K. Subravelu · DMK2,07,30453.8%K. Rajangam · NCO1,40,93136.6%Third · CPI(M)36,8299.6%

Turnout 79.4%Electors 5,03,830Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)

M. Kathamuthu · CPI2,19,68455.0%V. Sabasivam · NCO1,31,95733.0%Third · CPI(M)48,17112.1%

Turnout 80.6%Electors 5,17,251Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)

S. D. Somasundaram · DMK2,68,98057.3%R. Krishnasamy Gopalar · NCO1,68,97236.0%Third · Independent25,4255.4%

Turnout 81.4%Electors 5,96,459Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Tha Kiruttinan · DMK2,73,19461.2%Kannappa Valliappan · NCO1,73,10638.8%

Turnout 74.2%Electors 6,14,497Candidates 2NOTA 0 (0.0%)

P. K. Mookkiah Thevar · FBL2,08,43158.2%S. Balakrishnan · NCO1,39,27638.9%Third · Independent10,6413.0%

Turnout 65.2%Electors 5,70,111Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)

V. Jeyalakshmi · INC2,35,49159.7%R. Gopalakrishnan · SWA1,49,82938.0%Third · Independent5,2331.3%

Turnout 72.5%Electors 5,73,405Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)

S. A, Muruganantham · CPI2,14,21456.3%S. Palaniswaminathan · SWA1,54,27740.5%Third · Independent12,2873.2%

Turnout 68.5%Electors 5,84,445Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)

A. M. Cnellachami · INC2,23,18255.5%R. S. Arumugam · NCO1,54,27238.4%Third · Independent24,8226.2%

Turnout 72.9%Electors 5,71,197Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)

M. S. Sivasamy · DMK2,02,78349.3%M. Mathias · SWA2,02,75749.3%Third · Independent5,8451.4%

Turnout 72.2%Electors 5,89,553Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)

K. Kamaraj Nadar · NCO2,15,32458.4%M. C. Balan · DMK1,14,77131.1%Third · CPI(M)36,1719.8%

Turnout 68.0%Electors 5,53,220Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)

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About this data

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the 1971 Lok Sabha election (detailed results, list of winners, list of parties). Vote shares are of valid votes, excluding NOTA, as ECI reports them. Turnout here is votes counted (including NOTA) divided by electors, so it runs slightly below ECI's official figure, which also counts rejected votes.

Held before Meghalaya and Mizoram became separate: the Assam seats include theirs.

Constituencies of today's Telangana (15), Jharkhand (13), Chhattisgarh (10), Uttarakhand (5) are placed there by name; at the time they were part of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and a few boundaries straddled the present state lines.

1 seat was won unopposed, so no poll was held there.

Map boundaries are approximate and for illustration.