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 101–150 of 234

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
MUDUKULATHUR	INDKADHER BATCHA ALIAS VELLAICHIND	NCOSUBRAMONIAM R. C.	7351.32%	53.2%
MUGAIYUR	DMKA. G. PADMAVATHI	NCOK. A. RANGANATHAN	19,13929.63%	67.3%
MUSIRI	DMKP. S. MUTHUSELVAN	NCOA. R. MURUGAIAH	10,85916.80%	72.3%
MYLAPORE	NCOT N ANANDANA YAKI	DMKM P SIVAGNANAM	7,70310.02%	67.4%
NAGAPATTINAM	DMKRAJAMANICKAM	NCORAMANATHA THEVAR	6,4029.64%	72.6%
NAGERCOIL	SWAMOSES M.	DMKCHRISTOPHER G.	5410.75%	70.8%
NAMAKKAL	DMKPALANIVELAN	NCOKALIAPPAN	9,10612.33%	72.5%
NANGUNERI	DMKGANAPTHY T.	NCOTHAVASIKANI S.T.	4,2366.84%	63.5%
NANNILAM	DMKDEVANDIRAN A	NCOARUNACHALAM V. S.	15,30824.76%	78.2%
NATRAMPALLI	DMKT. C. THIMMARAYA GOUNDER	NCOK. SHANMUGASUNDARAM	6,42110.67%	71.4%
NELLIKUPPAM	DMKV. KRISHNAMOORTHI GOUNDER	NCOK. G. KANDAN	5,8209.43%	70.6%
NILAKKOTTAI	DMKMUNIYANDI A.	NCOPONNAMMAL A. S.	14,04322.25%	64.9%
ODDAMCHATRAM	DMKNACHIMUTHU GOUNDAR N.	NCOPALANIYAPPAN A. P.	13,19119.05%	65.7%
OMALUR	DMKV. SELLADURAI	NCOC. GOVINDAN	10,75825.10%	46.3%
OOTACAMUND	DMKM. DEVARAJAN	SWANANJAN M. B.	11,23921.90%	65.0%
ORATHANAD	DMKGANESAN L.	NCODHADAYAUDHAPANI	22,98628.92%	80.4%
OTTAPIDARAM	FBLM. MUTHIAH	SWAK. MANOHARAN	9,71020.04%	55.0%
PADMANABHAPURAM	NCOSWAMDIHAS NADAR A.	DMKMICHAEL G. C.	15,24226.36%	64.7%
PALACODE	DMKM. V. KARIVENGADAM	NCOB. K. NARASHIMAN	3,4775.67%	59.9%
PALANI	DMKPALANISAMY C.	NCOSUBRAMANIAN R.	14,33020.54%	66.8%
PALLADAM	PSPK. N. KUMARASAMY	NCOR. SENGALIAPPAN	13,80622.79%	60.7%
PANAMRATHUPATTI	DMKPONNUMALAI T.	NCOP. CHINNU ALIAS SEPERUMAL	8,97813.64%	68.6%
PANRUTI	DMKS. RAMACHANDRAN	NCOS. V. VADIVELU PADAYACHI	8,98511.10%	69.5%
PAPANASAM	DMKN. GANAPATHY	NCOV. RAMAKRISHNAN	9,61312.42%	78.5%
PARAMAKUDI	DMKSIRAIMEETTAN T. K.	NCORAKKAN K. V.	17,75024.56%	69.9%
PARK TOWN	SWAH V HANDE	DMKA V ASAITHAMBI	5,2879.41%	65.5%
PATTUKKOTTAI	PSPMARIMUTHU A. R.	NCONAGARAJAN N.	18,33625.90%	76.5%
PENNAGARAM	DMKN. MANICKKAM	NCOP. K. C. MUTHUSWAMI	3,0074.73%	64.1%
PERAMBALUR	DMKJ. S. RAJU	NCOK. PERIYANAN	15,70822.24%	74.3%
PERAMBUR	DMKSATHIVANIMUTHU	NCOD SULOCHANA	12,02313.81%	64.3%
PERAURANI	INDCHELLIAH	DMKM. KRISHNAMOORTHY	2,0202.30%	81.9%
PERIAKULAM	DMKANBUCHELIYAN	NCOCHINNASAMY CHETTAI	9,59514.38%	67.5%
PERNAMALLUR	DMKP. ETTIAPPAN	NCOBOOPALAN	17,60328.99%	71.1%
PERNAMBATTU	DMKN. KRISHNAN	NCOP. RAJAGOPAL	14,13923.54%	69.3%
PERUNIURAI	CPIN. K. PALANISAMY	INDK. CHINNASAMY GOUNDER	8,78212.73%	61.8%
PERUR	CPIN. MARUDACHALAM	NCOK. P. PALANISAMI	17,96326.39%	62.1%
POLLACHI	DMKA. P. SHANMUGASUNDARA GOUNDAR	INDA. EASWARASAMY GOUNDER	18,25827.85%	67.9%
POLUR	DMKT. P. SRINIVASAN	NCONATESA GOUNDER T. R.	9,49615.84%	70.0%
PONGALUR	DMKN. PALANISAMY	INDA. SENAPATHI	18,43129.73%	63.9%
PONNERI	DMKP NAGALINGAM	NCOELUMALAI T P	18,13326.61%	70.2%
PUDUKKOTTAI	NCOSATHIAMOORTHY M.	CPISUBBAIAH KR.	1,2871.74%	71.5%
PURASAWALKAM	DMKKANBAZHAGAN	NCOBASHYAM REDDY	12,16614.47%	62.3%
RADHAPURAM	DMKKARTHESAN V.	NCOKARUTHIAH K. P.	2,1893.36%	68.1%
RAJAPALAYAM	CPISUPPU K.	NCOSRIRENGA RAJA K. R.	6640.91%	74.2%
RAMANATHAPURAM	DMKSATHIYENDRAN M. S. K.	NCOBALAGANGADHARAN R.	21,04133.64%	67.5%
RANIPET	INDK. A WAHAB	NCOA. G. RANGANATHA NAICKER	5,3357.92%	68.0%
RASIPURAM	DMKR. NAINAMALAI	NCOP. GANAPATHY	9,91813.25%	71.1%
RISHIVADIYAM	DMKN. DHARMALING A. M.	NCOMAPPAN K.	2,1083.72%	72.2%
SAIDAPET	DMKM KARUNANIDHI	NCON KAMALINGAM	12,51110.76%	65.6%
SALEM I	DMKK. JAYARAMAN	NCOP. THIAGARAJAN	3,3953.74%	73.4%

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.