GEN · Tamil Nadu
Wandiwash
G. Viswanathan (DMK) won by 87,955 votes (22.0%).
- Electors
- 5,39,245
- Votes polled
- 4,11,640
- Valid votes
- 4,00,062
- Turnout
- 76.3%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 22.0% (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 1971
- Margin · 1977
- 17.7%(-4.3%)
- Turnout
- 68.6%(-7.8%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 99.1%
Winning margin over time · Wandiwash
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | G. ViswanathanWinner | DMK | 2,30,003 | 57.5% |
| 2 | A. Krishnaswamy | NCO | 1,42,048 | 35.5% |
| 3 | Maniazhilan | IND | 25,114 | 6.3% |
| 4 | J. P. Ganesa Mudaliar | IND | 2,897 | 0.7% |
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