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Tamil Nadu · PC 19 · 1971 by-election
PollachiLok Sabha by-election result, 1971
M.Kalingarayar (DMK) won Pollachi in the 1971 Lok Sabha by-election with 76.4% of the vote, beating R.K.Gounder (Independent) by 1,24,184 votes.
Winner — 1971 by-election
M.KALINGARAYAR
DMK 76.4%IND 22.4%1 other 1.2%
Votes
1,75,578
76.4% share
Winning margin
1,24,184
54.1% of votes
Total votes cast
2,29,692
Candidates
3
Seat history
All Candidates
3 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M.KALINGARAYAR | 1,75,57876.4% | |
| 2 | R.K.GOUNDER IND | IND | 51,39422.4% |
| 3 | A.CHETTIAR IND | IND | 2,7201.2% |
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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54.1%
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
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Essentially two
DMK and an independent took 99% of the votes.
Effective number of parties: 1.58 — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How often does it back the winner?
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…How did the vote split?
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76.4%won by DMK
DMK 76.4%IND 22.4%Others 1.2%
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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