GEN · Tamil Nadu
Tenkasi
A. M. Cnellachami (INC) won by 68,910 votes (17.1%).
- Electors
- 5,71,197
- Votes polled
- 4,16,501
- Valid votes
- 4,02,276
- Turnout
- 72.9%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 17.1% (median 21.5%). Back to Tamil Nadu · 1971 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 2019
- Margin · 2024
- 19.2%(+7.8%)
- Turnout
- 68.1%(-4.2%)
- NOTA
- 1.7%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 64.1%
Winning margin over time · Tenkasi
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A. M. CnellachamiWinner | INC | 2,23,182 | 55.5% |
| 2 | R. S. Arumugam | NCO | 1,54,272 | 38.3% |
| 3 | K. Subbiah | IND | 24,822 | 6.2% |
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