GEN · Tamil Nadu
Tirunelveli
S. A, Muruganantham (CPI) won by 59,937 votes (15.7%).
- Electors
- 5,84,445
- Votes polled
- 4,00,324
- Valid votes
- 3,80,778
- Turnout
- 68.5%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 15.7% (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%)Flipped vs 2019
- Margin · 2024
- 15.6%(-2.4%)
- Turnout
- 64.5%(-3.6%)
- NOTA
- 0.7%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 79.1%
Winning margin over time · Tirunelveli
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S. A, MurugananthamWinner | CPI | 2,14,214 | 56.3% |
| 2 | S. Palaniswaminathan | SWA | 1,54,277 | 40.5% |
| 3 | H. Somasundaram | IND | 12,287 | 3.2% |
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