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Tamil Nadu · PC 13 · 1971 by-election
KrishnagiriLok Sabha by-election result, 1971
C.Subramaniam (INC) won Krishnagiri in the 1971 Lok Sabha by-election with 90.8% of the vote, beating O.A.V.Desigan (INC) by 1,70,885 votes.
Winner — 1971 by-election
C.SUBRAMANIAM
INC 90.8%INC 9.2%
Votes
1,90,186
90.8% share
Winning margin
1,70,885
81.6% of votes
Total votes cast
2,09,487
Candidates
2
Seat history
All Candidates
2 candidates
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A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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81.6%
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
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Essentially one
INC took 100% of the votes.
Effective number of parties: 1.20 — counts each party by its share of the vote.
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90.8%won by INC
INC 90.8%INC 9.2%
This seat number was reused from 2009. The district and local data on file describe the seat as contested from 2009, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
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