Tamil Nadu assembly election, Mar 1971

234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, 68.31% turnout.

Seats

234

Candidates

748

0 women, 0 elected

Turnout

68.31%

1.58 cr of 2.31 cr

Leading party

DMK

184 of 234 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Tamil Nadu

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	184	+184	203	76,54,935	48.58%	—
NCO Indian National Congress (Organisation)	15	+15	201	55,13,894	34.99%	—
IND Independent	8	+8	256	9,65,379	6.13%	—
CPI Communist Party of India	8	+8	10	3,64,803	2.32%	—
FBL All India Forward Bloc	7	+7	9	2,68,721	1.71%	—
SWA Swatantra Party	6	+6	19	4,65,145	2.95%	—
PSP Praja Socialist Party	4	+4	4	1,47,985	0.94%	—
MUL Indian Union Muslim League	2	+2	2	69,634	0.44%	—
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	0	0	37	2,59,298	1.65%	—
SOP SOP	0	0	2	37,491	0.24%	—
BJS Bharatiya Jana Sangh	0	0	5	9,516	0.06%	—

DMK184 (79%)
NCO15 (6%)
IND8 (3%)
CPI8 (3%)
FBL7 (3%)
SWA6 (3%)
Others6 (3%)

DMK184
NCO15
IND8
CPI8
FBL7
SWA6
Others6

DMK184
NCO15
IND8
CPI8
FBL7
SWA6
PSP4
MUL2

Constituency performance

From the 234 results in Tamil Nadu

Closest contest

SANKARAPURAM

won by 72 (0.13%)

Biggest victory

USILAMPATTI

won by 32,383 (48.92%)

Highest turnout

ALANGUDY

83.96%

Lowest turnout

SANKARI

45.79%

Vote share & turnout trend

Tamil Nadu, every Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 234 seats, alphabetical · showing 51–100 of 234

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
HOSUR	SWAB. VENKATASAMY	INDT. VENKATA REDDY	13,19629.80%	54.9%
I	DMKDHARMALINGAM A. PI.	NCOSUBRAMANIAN	9,29812.77%	64.6%
ILAYANGUDI	DMKMALAIKANNAN V.	NCORAMAKRISHNA THEVAR S.	21,41329.14%	67.5%
JAYANKONDAM	DMKA. CHINNASAMY	NCOS. RAMASAMY	12,28117.05%	78.5%
KADALADI	DMKRAMALINGAM C.	SWAALANGARAM M.	17,65836.34%	48.9%
KADAMBATHUR	DMKA PARANDHAMAN	NCOERA KULASEKARAN	19,66634.22%	67.5%
KADAVUR	NCOKARURAIGIRI MUTHIAH	DMKP. KRISHNASAMY	1,9893.23%	65.7%
KADAYANALLUR	DMKSUBBBIAH MUDALIAR A. R.	NCOABDUL MAJID SAHIB S. M.	3,5704.98%	74.2%
KALASPAKKAM	DMKS. MURUGAIYAN	NCOM. SUNDRASWAMY	12,93317.75%	75.5%
KALLAKURICHI	DMKD. KESAVALU	NCOS. SIVARAMAN	4,1395.68%	74.4%
KANCHEEPURAM	DMKG. V. M. ANNAMALAI	NCOD. V. NATESA MUDALIAR	6,3127.53%	77.7%
KANDAMAGALAM	DMKM. RAMAN	NCOP. P. MATHAVAN	11,66520.71%	61.5%
KANGAYAM	DMKKOVAI CHEZHIYAN	INDK. G. PALANISAMY GOUNDER	22,04234.47%	66.7%
KANIYAMBADI	DMKTHOPPUTHIRUVENGADAM	NCOL. BALARAMAN	9,78815.38%	73.2%
KANYAKUMARI	DMKRAJAH PILLAI K.	NCOMAHADEVAN PILLAI B.	4,5586.49%	75.2%
KAPILAMALAI	DMKC. V. VELAPPAN	NCOP. THYAGARAJAN	9,97712.93%	69.7%
KARAIKUDI	DMKC. T. CHIDAMBARAM	SWAS. P. R. RAMASWAMY	13,12819.64%	68.0%
KARIAPATTI	FBLPERUMAL A. R.	NCOMUTHUVEL SERVAL M.	9,32415.20%	65.0%
KARUR	DMKNALLASAMY	NCONALL SWAMYS T. M.	10,65713.11%	76.1%
KATPADI	DMKDURAI MURUGAN	NCODHANDAYUTHAPANI	16,56825.54%	71.0%
KATTUMANNARKOIL	DMKS. PERUMAL	NCOT. M. KUPPUSAMI	3,2965.19%	76.2%
KAVERIPATNAM	DMKV. C. GOVINDASAMY	NCOE. PATTABI NAIDU	19,15529.96%	68.4%
KILLIYOOR	NCODENNIS N.	DMKRUSSELRAJ C.	14,03225.27%	65.1%
KINATHUKADAVU	DMKM. KANNAPPAN	INDS. T. DURAISAMY	25,72736.84%	74.3%
KODAVASAL	DMKPERIASAMY UDAYAR K.	NCODAKSINAMOORTHY KALINGARAYA	7,72611.79%	80.1%
KOILPATTI	CPIALAGARSAMY S.	NCOSUBBA NAICKER L.	15,19824.32%	67.5%
KOTTUR	CPISUBBIAH A. K.	NCORAJAMANICKAM T.	30,11046.52%	77.1%
KRISHNAGIRI	DMKC. MANNIAPPAN	NCOT. G. SELVARAJ	12,97425.99%	56.4%
KRISHNARAYAPURAM	DMKP. SOUNDARA PANDIAN	NCOP. M. THANGAVELRAJ	7,15710.89%	69.7%
KULITTALAI	DMKKANDASWAMY M.	NCOSRINIVASAN REDDIAR P. E.	6,0537.35%	76.6%
KUMBAKONAM	NCON. KASIRAMAN	DMKS. PADMANANBHAN	2,6193.39%	77.0%
KUNNATHUR	DMKM. GOPAL	NCOP. APPAVOO	22,63830.97%	66.7%
KURINJIPADI	DMKN. RAJANGAN	NCOM. JAYARAMAN	1,5262.86%	67.5%
KUTTALAM	DMKS. GANESAN	NCOK. K. DEEN	12,22719.18%	78.3%
LALGUDI	DMKMUTHAMIL SELVAN VN.	NCORENGASAMY UDAYAR D.	11,96316.22%	77.3%
MADURAI CENTRAL	DMKK. THIRUPPATHY	NCOP. NEDUMARAN	3,2105.08%	65.4%
MADURAI EAST	DMKK. RAMAKRISHNAN K. S.	NCOMUTHURAM L. K. T.	2,4123.82%	68.0%
MADURAI WEST	CPITHANGAMANI K. T. K.	NCOANANDAM P.	9,14610.71%	62.3%
MADURANTAKAM	DMKC ARUMUGAM	NCOV GOPAL REDDIAR	19,04929.06%	74.0%
MANAMADURAI	DMKT. SONIAH	NCOS. SANKARALINGAM	10,17913.57%	72.6%
MANGALUR	DMKG. JABAMALAI	NCOR. PERUMAL	11,49818.42%	65.0%
MANNARGUDI	DMKBALAKRISHNAN K.	NCOSWAMINATHA UDAYAR T. S.	7,12810.54%	76.5%
MAYURAM	DMKN. KITTAPPA	NCOM. R. KRISHNAPPA	1,0191.38%	76.8%
MELAPALAYAM	MULM. KATHER MOHIDEEN S.	NCOSHANMUGAVEL C.	13,68521.89%	64.6%
MELMALAYANUR	DMKR. R. MUNUSAMI	NCOGOPAL GOUNDER K.	8,87215.24%	61.5%
MELUR NORTH	DMKP. MALAICHAMY	NCOM. ANDI AMBALAM	1270.17%	75.3%
MELUR SOUTH	DMKO. P. RAMAN	NCOC. KARUTHANAN	16,87622.01%	69.9%
METTUPALAYAM	DMKM. C. THOOYAMANI	INDRAMASWAMI	8,46012.16%	69.6%
METTUR	PSPSURENDRAN	NCOKARUPPANNA GOUNDER	11,11819.56%	58.1%
MODAKKURICHI	DMKM. CHINNASAMI	SOPM. CHENNIAPPAN	13,67717.64%	71.1%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Tamil Nadu alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.

Who won the Tamil Nadu assembly election, Mar 1971?

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won 184 of 234 seats in Tamil Nadu, a clear majority.

What was the voter turnout in the Tamil Nadu assembly election, Mar 1971?

Turnout was 68.31% — 1.58 cr of 2.31 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Tamil Nadu have?

Tamil Nadu has 234 assembly seats.