1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

(Redirected from Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 1971) Election to the legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu

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1–7 March 1971

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All 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu
118 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

72.10%

	First party	Second party

Leader	M. Karunanidhi	K. Kamaraj
Party	DMK	INC(O)
Leader's seat	Saidapet	Did Not Contest
Seats won	205	21
Seat change	61	1
Popular vote	8,506,078	6,016,530
Percentage	53.99%	38.18%
Swing	10.32%	32.88%

CM before election

M. Karunanidhi
DMK

Elected CM

M. Karunanidhi
DMK

The fifth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held in March 1971, resulting in a re-election victory for the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which had first won under the leadership of C. N. Annadurai in 1967. The main opposition was the Indian National Congress (Organisation) led by K. Kamaraj, while the Indian National Congress (Indira) faction aligned with the DMK. This election marked the first victory for M. Karunanidhi as DMK leader, who assumed office as Chief Minister after Annadurai’s death. Karunanidhi, supported by M. G. Ramachandran (MGR) in a leadership dispute with V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, secured his position with MGR and Vai. Balasundaram’s instrumental backing.

This election also set a precedent in national politics, as the Indian National Congress (Indira)—led by Indira Gandhi—formed a coalition with the DMK. This agreement allowed the DMK to take all seats in the state legislature, while conceding half of Tamil Nadu's seats in the Lok Sabha to the Congress.

With a 48.58% vote share and 184 seats, DMK achieved the largest single-party vote and seat count in Tamil Nadu's electoral history. This remains the only instance where a DMK-led government in Tamil Nadu retained power, as all subsequent DMK administrations have been succeeded by AIADMK-led coalitions.

Background

The opposition party, Indian National Congress was heavily weakened due to a split that occurred in 1969. This led to the formation of Indian National Congress (Organisation) under K. Kamaraj, which was the major opposition in this election, while the Indian National Congress, supported the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. Indira Gandhi continued as Prime Minister with the support of Communist parties and DMK which had 25 seats in the Lok Sabha. It was during this time, the long-awaited Salem steel mill was approved. The ruling Congress party decided to dissolve the Lok Sabha and conduct early elections to use the popularity from Bangladesh War victory. Then Chief minister of Tamil nadu M. Karunanidhi also decided to dissolve the state assembly and face the elections in alliance with Indira's Congress one year before the end of his term.

Parties and alliances

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) formed a seven-party alliance known as the Left and Democratic Front (Progressive Front). This coalition was led by the DMK and included the Indian National Congress (Indira), Communist Party of India (CPI), Praja Socialist Party, All India Forward Bloc, Muslim League, and M. P. Sivagnanam's Tamil National Party. The Congress party, reliant on DMK votes in the Lok Sabha for its survival, had no influence over seating arrangements. The Indira Congress contested in nine out of 39 parliamentary constituencies but did not participate in legislative assembly contests. Indira Gandhi directed the Tamil Nadu Congress leader, C. Subramaniam, to accept this arrangement, signaling a shift in the party's focus away from Tamil Nadu as a Congress stronghold.

The opposition front was a coalition of Kamaraj led Indian National Congress (Organisation) (Congress (O)), Rajaji's Swatantara Party, Samyukta Socialist Party, the Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party, the Republican Party and the Coimbatore District Agriculturist Association.

Seat Allotment

DMK Front

No.		Leader	Seats
1.	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	M. Karunanidhi	203
2.	Communist Party of India	Tha. Pandian	10
3.	All India Forward Bloc	P.K. Mookiah Thevar	9
4.	Praja Socialist Party		4
5.	Indian Union Muslim League	Muhammed Ismail	2

INC(O) Front

No.		Leader	Seats
1.	Indian National Congress (Organization)	K. Kamaraj	201
2.	Swatantra Party	C. Rajagopalachari	19
3.	Samyukta Socialist Party	George Fernandes	2

Karunanidhi's Cabinet

The council of ministers in M. Karunanidhi's cabinet (in 1971).

Minister	Portfolios
M. Karunanidhi	Chief Minister, Finance, Home and police, Legislature
V. R. Nedunchezhiyan	Education and Revenue
K. Rajaram	Backward Classes
K. Anbazhagan	Public Health
Anbil P. Dharmalingam	Agriculture
S. J. Sadiq Pasha	Public Works
Satyavani Muthu	Harijan Welfare
M. Kannappan	Religious Endowments
S. Madhavan	Industries
N. V. Natarajan	Labour
O. P. Raman	Electricity
S. P. Adithanar	Cooperation
S. Ramachandran	Transport

Voting and results

Results

Source: Election Commission of India


Alliances	Party		Popular Vote	Vote %	Seats contested	Seats won	Change
Progressive Front Seats: 205 Seat Change: +26 Popular Vote: 8,506,078 Popular Vote %: 54.30%		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	7,654,935	48.58%	203	184	47
		Communist Party of India	364,803	2.32%	10	8	6
		All India Forward Bloc	268,721	1.71%	9	7	6
		Praja Socialist Party	147,985	0.94%	4	4	—
		Indian Union Muslim League	69,634	0.44%	2	2	1
Democratic Front Seats: 21 Seat Change: -50 Popular Vote: 6,016,530 Popular Vote %: 38.18%		Indian National Congress	5,513,894	34.99%	201	15	36
		Swatantra Party	465,145	2.95%	19	6	14
		Socialist Party	37,491	0.24%	2	0	—
Others Seats: 8 Seat Change: Popular Vote: 1,234,193 Popular Vote %: 7.52%		Independent	965,379	6.13%	256	8
		Communist Party of India	259,298	1.65%	37	0
Total	10 Political Parties		15,756,801	—	—	234	—

By constituency

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency
Assembly Constituency		Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Margin
1	Washermanpet	M. Vedachalam		DMK	38,989	54.04	Ananthan		INC	32,231	44.68	6,758
2	Harbour	A M Mohideen		Independent	29,225	49.44	Umapathy G		INC	28,739	48.62	486
3	Basin Bridge	M. R. Kannan		DMK	48,959	56.73	K. Ramadoss		INC	33,174	38.44	15,785
4	Park Town	H. V. Hande		SWA	30,743	54.7	A. V. P. Asaithambi		DMK	25,456	45.3	5,287
5	Perambur	Sathyavani Muthu		DMK	49,070	56.37	D Sulochana		INC	37,047	42.56	12,023
6	Purasawalkam	K. Anbazhagan		DMK	47,182	56.13	Bashyam Reddy		INC	35,016	41.65	12,166
7	Egmore	Arangannal		DMK	40,596	53.19	M Kothandapani		INC	35,733	46.81	4,863
8	Thousand Lights	K. A. Mathiazhagan		DMK	38,891	57.39	N M Mani Varma		INC	27,332	40.33	11,559
9	Triplicane	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan		DMK	36,237	50.4	K Vinayakam		INC	35,198	48.95	1,039
10	Mylapore	T. N. Anandanayaki		INC	42,301	55.01	M. P. Sivagnanam		DMK	34,598	44.99	7,703
11	Thiyagaraya Nagar	K M Subramaniam		INC	37,100	48.32	D V Narayanasamy		DMK	36,221	47.18	879
12	Saidapet	M. Karunanidhi		DMK	63,334	54.46	N Kamalingam		INC	50,823	43.7	12,511
13	Gummidipoondi	K. A. Vezhavendan		DMK	43,355	58.41	P Obul Reddy		INC	30,875	41.59	12,480
14	Ponneri	P. Nagalingam		DMK	39,783	58.39	T. P. Elumalai		INC	21,650	31.77	18,133
15	Thiruvottiyur	M V Narayanaswamy		DMK	51,487	53.74	Venkatesalu Naidu		INC	35,391	36.94	16,096
16	St Thomas Mount	M. G. Ramachandran		DMK	65,405	61.11	T L Raghupathy		INC	40,773	38.1	24,632
17	Thiruporur	M Munu Adhi		DMK	40,187	57	T M Dhanapal		INC	24,950	35.39	15,237
18	Chengalpattu	C. G. Viswanathan		DMK	41,949	62.09	S T Neelakantan		INC	18,290	27.07	23,659
19	Maduranthakam	C. Arumugam		DMK	42,295	64.53	V Gopal Reddiar		INC	23,246	35.47	19,049
20	Acharapakkam	Vai.Balasundaram		DMK	39,816	66.77	C Ganesan		INC	13,457	22.57	26,359
21	Uthiramerur	K M Erasagopal		DMK	48,462	68.85	C Ramasamy		INC	19,896	28.27	28,566
22	Kancheepuram	C. V. M. Annamalai		DMK	44,009	52.52	D. V. Natesa Mudaliar		INC	37,697	44.98	6,312
23	Kunnathur	M. Gopal		DMK	47,126	64.48	P. Appavoo		INC	24,488	33.5	22,638
24	Sriperumbudur	D. Rajarathinam		DMK	46,617	59.15	Manali Ramakrishna Mudaliar		INC	32,201	40.85	14,416
25	Kadambathur	A Parandhaman		DMK	38,569	67.11	Era Kulasekaran		INC	18,903	32.89	19,666
26	Thiruvallur	S. M. Dorairaj		DMK	36,496	62.81	V. S. Arunachalam		INC	17,759	30.56	18,737
27	Tiruttani	E. S. Thyagarajan		DMK	43,436	61.72	A. Ekambara Reddy		INC	26,938	38.28	16,498
28	Arakkonam	N. S. Balaraman		DMK	42,256	60.11	S. K. Subramania Mudaly		INC	26,878	38.24	15,378
29	Sholingur	A. M. Ponnuranga Mudaliar		INC	36,776	55.39	Natrajan K. M.		DMK	29,621	44.61	7,155
30	Ranipet	K. A Wahab		Independent	36,357	53.96	A. G. Ranganatha Naicker		INC	31,022	46.04	5,335
31	Arcot	N. Veerasami		DMK	39,126	57.79	N. R. Ethirajalu Naidu		INC	25,061	37.02	14,065
32	Katpadi	Durai Murugan		DMK	37,487	57.79	Dhandayuthapani		INC	20,919	32.25	16,568
33	Gudiyatham	Duraisami F. K.		DMK	34,954	56.38	Adimoolam D. A.		INC	18,580	29.97	16,374
34	Pernambattu	N. Krishnan		DMK	35,804	59.61	P. Rajagopal		INC	21,665	36.07	14,139
35	Natrampalli	T. C. Thimmaraya Gounder		DMK	33,303	55.33	K. Shanmugasundaram		INC	26,882	44.67	6,421
36	Tirupattur (Vellore)	Ramasamy G.		DMK	37,120	55.54	Y. Shammugan		INC	29,720	44.46	7,400
37	Vaniyambadi	M. Abdul Lathief		Independent	27,899	56.13	R. C. Samanna Gounder		INC	19,082	38.39	8,817
38	Ambur	M. Panneerselvam		DMK	32,937	55.17	Adimoolam M.		INC	21,449	35.93	11,488
39	Kaniyambadi	Thopputhiruvengadam		DMK	34,435	54.11	L. Balaraman		INC	24,647	38.73	9,788
40	Vellore	M. P. Sarathy		DMK	38,968	52.85	A. K. Lalalajapathy		INC	32,401	43.94	6,567
41	Arani	A. C. Narasimhan		DMK	37,682	60.5	M. Darumarajan		INC	24,599	39.5	13,083
42	Cheyyar	K. Govindan		DMK	39,978	55.79	Perumalsamy Nayagar		INC	31,677	44.21	8,301
43	Vandavasi	V. Rajagopal		DMK	41,452	63.85	D. Dasarathan		INC	23,465	36.15	17,987
44	Pernamallur	P. Ettiappan		DMK	39,160	64.5	Boopalan		INC	21,557	35.5	17,603
45	Polur	T. P. Srinivasan		DMK	34,728	57.92	Natesa Gounder T. R.		INC	25,232	42.08	9,496
46	Chengam	C. Pandurangam		DMK	32,260	61.39	A. Ar. Mugam		INC	16,705	31.79	15,555
47	Thandarambattu	M. S. Radhakrishnan		DMK	37,991	58.82	Sahadeva Ginder K.		INC	26,600	41.18	11,391
48	Kalasapakkam	S. Murugaiyan		DMK	42,893	58.88	M. Sundraswamy		INC	29,960	41.12	12,933
49	Tiruvannamalai	P. U. Shanmugam		DMK	46,633	62.21	D. Annamalai Pillai		INC	28,323	37.79	18,310
50	Melmalayanur	R. R. Munusami		DMK	31,166	53.54	Gopal Gounder K.		INC	22,294	38.3	8,872
51	Gingee	S. Sagadeva Gounder		DMK	39,397	59.67	V. Perumal Nainar		INC	26,625	40.33	12,772
52	Tindivanam	Rajaram G.		DMK	33,933	55.83	K. Ramamurthy		INC	22,048	36.27	11,885
53	Vanur	N. Muthuvel		DMK	34,121	59.81	A. Venkatachalam		INC	19,306	33.84	14,815
54	Kandamagalam	M. Raman		DMK	32,293	57.33	P. P. Mathavan		INC	20,628	36.62	11,665
55	Villupuram	M. Shanmugam		DMK	35,838	51.41	V. P. Sharangapani Gounder		INC	28,562	40.98	7,276
56	Nellikuppam	V. Krishnamurthy Gounder		DMK	27,741	44.93	K. G. Kandan		INC	21,921	35.5	5,820
57	Cuddalore	R. Govindaraj		DMK	35,219	52.6	P. R. Seenivasa Padayachi		INC	30,909	46.17	4,310
58	Panruti	S. Ramachandaran		DMK	42,141	52.06	S. V. Vadivelu Padayachi		INC	33,156	40.96	8,985
59	Kurinjipadi	N. Rajangam		DMK	27,465	51.43	M. Jayaraman		INC	25,939	48.57	1,526
60	Bhuvanagiri	M. A. Abusali		Independent	28,615	44.31	R. Balakrishnan		INC	23,291	36.06	5,324
61	Kattumannarkoil	S. Perumal		DMK	32,847	51.72	T. M. Kuppusami		INC	29,551	46.53	3,296
62	Chidambaram	P. Ponchokkalingam		DMK	35,750	50.33	R. Gopalkrishnan		INC	34,071	47.97	1,679
63	Vriddhachalam	M. Selvaraj		DMK	42,132	54.26	B. Thiyagarajan		INC	34,934	44.99	7,198
64	Mangalore	G. Jabamalai		DMK	32,612	52.24	R. Perumal		INC	21,114	33.82	11,498
65	Ulundurpet	V. Subramanian		DMK	36,191	57.87	N. Po. Nambalam		INC	25,236	40.36	10,955
66	Tirukkoyilur	A. S. Kumarasamy		DMK	38,520	55.27	A. Vadivel		INC	31,171	44.73	7,349
67	Mugaiyur	A. G. Padmavathi		DMK	38,744	59.98	K. A. Ranganathan		INC	19,605	30.35	19,139
68	Rishivandiyam	N. Dharmalingam		DMK	29,350	51.86	Mappan K.		INC	27,242	48.14	2,108
69	Sankarapuram	N. Natchiyappan		DMK	28,544	50.06	Duraimuthusamy		INC	28,472	49.94	72
70	Kallakurichi	D. Kesavalu		DMK	38,513	52.84	S. Sivaraman		INC	34,374	47.16	4,139
71	Hosur	B. Venkataswamy		SWA	28,259	63.81	T. Venkata Reddy		Independent	15,063	34.01	13,196
72	Uddanapalle	K. S. Kothanadaramaiah		Independent	13,854	32.2	N. Ramachandra Reddy		INC	13,384	31.11	470
73	Krishnagiri	C. Manniappan		DMK	31,445	63	T. G. Selvaraj		INC	18,471	37	12,974
74	Kaveripatnam	V. C. Govindasamy Gounder		DMK	41,546	64.98	E. Pattabi Naidu		INC	22,391	35.02	19,155
75	Uttangarai	K. R. Krishnan		DMK	36,256	57.3	M. Raman		INC	24,392	38.55	11,864
76	Harur	S. A. Chinnaraju		DMK	33,039	54.26	M. Ponnusamy		INC	24,159	39.68	8,880
77	Dharmapuri	R. Chinnasamy		DMK	39,861	54.16	D. N. Adivel		INC	27,834	37.82	12,027
78	Palacode	M. V. Karivengadam		DMK	32,378	52.84	B. K. Narashiman		INC	28,901	47.16	3,477
79	Pennagaram	N. Manickkam		DMK	33,298	52.36	P. K. C. Muthuswami		INC	30,291	47.64	3,007
80	Mettur	M. Surendran		PSP	32,656	57.45	Karuppanna Gounder		INC	21,538	37.89	11,118
81	Taramangalam	Paramasivam		DMK	33,257	61.79	Ramasamy Gounder		INC	20,564	38.21	12,693
82	Omalur	V. Selladurai		DMK	26,065	60.81	C. Govindan		INC	15,307	35.71	10,758
83	Salem I	K. Jayaraman		DMK	46,262	50.92	P. Thiagarajan		INC	42,867	47.19	3,395
84	Salem I I	K. Rajaram		DMK	37,152	52.77	R. Ramakrishnan		INC	31,844	45.23	5,308
85	Yercaud	Chinnusamy V.		DMK	29,196	60.81	K. Chinna Gounden		INC	18,818	39.19	10,378
86	Panamrathupatti	Karipatti T. Ponnumalai		DMK	35,832	54.42	P. Chinnu Alias Seperumal		INC	26,854	40.79	8,978
87	Veerapandi	Veerapandy S. Arumugam		DMK	41,369	62.23	T. V. Thirumalai		INC	18,449	27.75	22,920
88	Edapadi	A. Arumugam		DMK	35,638	54.72	T. Natarajan		INC	29,485	45.28	6,153
89	Sankari	V. Muthur		DMK	27,741	60.73	P. T. Seerangan		INC	17,422	38.14	10,319
90	Tiruchengodu	S. Kandappan		DMK	43,605	60.89	V. Kumarasamy		INC	24,345	34	19,260
91	Kapilamalai	C. V. Velappan		DMK	43,022	55.74	P. Thyagarajan		INC	33,045	42.82	9,977
92	Namakkal	Palanivelan		DMK	39,553	53.57	Kaliappan		INC	30,447	41.23	9,106
93	Sendamangalam	Chinna Veilaiya Gounder		DMK	34,507	56.92	Vellaya Gounder		INC	21,452	35.38	13,055
94	Rasipuram	R. Nainamalai		DMK	41,079	54.9	P. Ganapathy		INC	31,161	41.64	9,918
95	Attur	V. Palanivel Gounder		DMK	39,828	52.79	C. Palanimuthu		INC	35,617	47.21	4,211
96	Talavasal	Moo. Marimuthu		DMK	32,195	48.67	T. Er. Sappan		INC	29,013	43.86	3,182
97	Gudalur	K. H. Bomman		SWA	18,519	45.45	K. Putta		CPI	16,578	40.69	1,941
98	Udhagamandalam	M. Devarajan		DMK	28,901	56.32	Nanjan M. B.		SWA	17,662	34.42	11,239
99	Coonoor	J. Karunainathan		DMK	33,451	60.84	N. Andy		INC	15,325	27.87	18,126
100	Mettupalayam	M. C. Thooyamani		DMK	39,013	56.08	Ramaswami		Independent	30,553	43.92	8,460
101	Avanashi	T. O. Periasamy		Independent	29,356	49.9	K. Thangavellu		DMK	28,637	48.68	719
102	Thondamuthur	R. Manickavasakam		DMK	51,181	60.3	M. Nataraj		Independent	29,689	34.98	21,492
103	Singanallur	A. Subramaniam		PSP	35,888	53.89	P. L. Subbian		INC	20,848	31.3	15,040
104	Perur	N. Marudachalam		CPI	39,270	57.68	K. P. Palanisami		INC	21,307	31.3	17,963
105	Coimbatore (West)	P. Gopal		DMK	34,736	55.47	S. S. Krishnaswamy		SWA	25,286	40.38	9,450
106	Coimbatore (East)	K. Rangana Than		DMK	31,003	46.71	A. Devaraj		INC	27,491	41.42	3,512
107	Kinathukadavu	M. Kannappan		DMK	47,776	68.42	S. T. Duraisamy		Independent	22,049	31.58	25,727
108	Pollachi	A. P. Shanmugasundara Goundar		DMK	41,654	63.53	A. Easwarasamy Gounder		Independent	23,396	35.68	18,258
109	Valparai	E. Ramaswamy		DMK	38,779	65.35	M. Kuppuswamy		INC	14,728	24.82	24,051
110	Udumalaipettai	S. J. Sadiq Pasha		DMK	45,369	62.76	T. Malayappa Gounder		Independent	25,887	35.81	19,482
111	Dharapuram	V. P. Palaniammal		DMK	40,947	64.41	V. N. Gopal		INC	21,597	33.97	19,350
112	Vellakoil	M. Pilanisamy		DMK	42,067	68.1	S. M. Ramaswamy Gounder		Independent	16,231	26.28	25,836
113	Kangayam	Kovai Chezhiyan		DMK	42,461	66.41	K. G. Palanisamy Gounder		Independent	20,419	31.93	22,042
114	Pongalur	N. Palanisamy		DMK	37,178	59.98	A. Senapathi		Independent	18,747	30.24	18,431
115	Palladam	K. N. Kumarasamy Gounder		PSP	34,876	57.57	R. Sengaliappan		INC	21,070	34.78	13,806
116	Tiruppur	S. Duraisamy		DMK	40,762	54.88	Khader S. A.		Independent	32,995	44.42	7,767
117	Modakkurichi	M. Chinnasami		DMK	45,108	58.18	M. Chenniappan		Socialist	31,431	40.54	13,677
118	Perundurai	N. K. Palanisamy		CPI	38,882	56.37	K. Chinnasamy Gounder		Independent	30,100	43.63	8,782
119	Erode	M. Subramanian		DMK	47,809	61.16	K. P. Muthusamy		INC	30,358	38.84	17,451
120	Bhavani	A. M. Raja		DMK	38,527	59.36	P. Kuppusamy Mudaliar		INC	25,480	39.26	13,047
121	Anthiyur	E. M. Natarajan		DMK	32,691	56.79	K. S. Nanjappan		INC	24,876	43.21	7,815
122	Gobichettipalayam	S. M. Palaniappan		DMK	35,184	59.45	K. M. Sundaramurthy		SWA	20,623	34.84	14,561
123	Satyamangalam	Subramaniam Sk.		DMK	31,873	55.6	Karuthiruman P. G.		INC	22,887	39.93	8,986
124	Bhavanisagar	V. K. Ramarasan		DMK	28,003	51.89	Velusamy M.		INC	20,992	38.89	7,011
125	Oddanchatram	Nachimuthu Goundar N.		DMK	40,845	58.99	Palaniyappan A. P.		INC	27,654	39.94	13,191
126	Palani	C. Palanisamy		DMK	38,919	55.79	Subramanian R.		INC	24,589	35.25	14,330
127	Periyakulam	N. Anbuchezhian		DMK	37,926	56.85	Chinnasamy Chettai		INC	28,331	42.46	9,595
128	Bodinayakkanur	M. Surulivel		DMK	35,427	54.43	Yellanna A.		Independent	19,050	29.27	16,377
129	Cumbum	Gopal K. P.		INC	34,483	48.87	Chellathurai P. S.		DMK	33,806	47.91	677
130	Theni	P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan		DMK	45,785	64.01	Ramasamy		INC	25,748	35.99	20,037
131	Andipatti	N. V. Gurusamy Naidu		SWA	20,814	36.37	Paramasivam S.		AIFB	16,682	29.15	4,132
132	Sedapatti	Thavamani Thevar V.		AIFB	20,334	36.66	Ramakrishnan M. K.		SWA	15,388	27.75	4,946
133	Tirumangalam	M. C. A. Rethinasamy Thevar		AIFB	36,468	56.97	N. S. V. Chitthan		INC	27,548	43.03	8,920
134	Usilampatti	P.K. Mookiah Thevar		AIFB	49,292	74.46	S. Andi Thevar		Independent	16,909	25.54	32,383
135	Nilakottai	A. Muniyandi		DMK	38,583	61.12	A. S. Ponnammal		INC	24,540	38.88	14,043
136	Sholavandan	P. S. Maniyan		DMK	43,254	55.23	Sundarajan Servai R.		INC	34,542	44.11	8,712
137	Thiruparankundram	Kaverimaniam C.		DMK	39,110	50.41	Pandythevar I		INC	26,880	34.64	12,230
138	Madurai West	K. T. K. Thangamani		CPI	40,899	47.88	Anandam P.		INC	31,753	37.17	9,146
139	Madurai Central	K. Thirupathy		DMK	30,905	48.9	Pazha Nedumara		INC	27,695	43.82	3,210
140	Madurai East	K. Ramakrishnan K. S.		DMK	27,884	44.13	Muthuram L. K. T.		INC	25,472	40.32	2,412
141	Melur (South)	O. P. Raman		DMK	45,090	58.8	C. Karuthanan		INC	28,214	36.79	16,876
142	Melur (North)	P. Malaichamy		DMK	37,337	50.09	M. Andi Ambalam		INC	37,210	49.91	127
143	Vadamadurai	Nagarajan. K		DMK	35,989	58.75	Rajendran. S		INC	25,270	41.25	10,719
144	Dindigul	Sundaram Pillai O. N.		INC	27,775	39.8	Jama Hussain		Independent	26,384	37.81	1,391
145	Athoor	A. M. T. Nachiappan		DMK	42,195	59.7	Lakshmanan T. P. S.		INC	25,467	36.03	16,728
146	Vedasandur	P. Muthusamy		DMK	36,746	54.18	Nanjundarow S.		INC	23,007	33.92	13,739
147	Aravakurichi	Abdul Jabbar		IUML	34,164	60.1	Kadasamy Gounder S.		SWA	18,859	33.18	15,305
148	Karur	S. Nallasamy		DMK	45,977	56.55	T. M. Nallaswamy		INC	35,320	43.45	10,657
149	Thottiyam	S. K. Vadivelu		DMK	39,821	51.45	K. M. Shanmughasundaram		INC	37,577	48.55	2,244
150	Musiri	P. S. Muthuselvan		DMK	35,091	54.29	A. R. Murugaiah		INC	24,232	37.49	10,859
151	Uppiliyapuram	T. P. Alagamuthu		DMK	42,861	51.6	R. Periasami		INC	36,054	43.4	6,807
152	Perambalur	J. S. Raju		DMK	39,043	55.28	K. Periyanan		INC	23,335	33.04	15,708
153	Varahur	K. Palanivelan		DMK	42,733	58.91	K. C. Periyasamy		INC	26,043	35.9	16,690
154	Andimadam	S. Sadasiva Padayachi		DMK	39,313	53.05	G. Thiyagarajan		INC	34,790	46.95	4,523
155	Jayankondam	A. Chinnasamy		DMK	41,627	57.78	S. Ramasamy		INC	29,346	40.73	12,281
156	Ariyalur	G. Sivaperumal		DMK	48,320	64.18	R. Sambasivam Moopanar		INC	22,740	30.2	25,580
157	Lalgudi	Muthamil Selvan Vn.		DMK	40,213	54.51	Rengasamy Udayar D.		INC	28,250	38.29	11,963
158	Srirangam	Jothi Venkatachalam		INC	36,172	51.22	Kamatchiammal R.		DMK	33,239	47.07	2,933
159	Tiruchirappalli I	V. Krishnamurthy		DMK	38,099	52.65	Lourdusamy Pillai A. S. G.		INC	33,450	46.23	4,649
160	Tiruchirappalli Ii	Anbil P. Dharmalingam		DMK	40,593	55.74	Subramanian		INC	31,295	42.97	9,298
161	Thiruverumbur	Kamaichi		DMK	43,233	53.05	Swaminathan V.		INC	38,258	46.95	4,975
162	Kulithalai	M. Kandaswamy		DMK	44,198	53.68	Srinivasan Reddiar P. E.		INC	38,145	46.32	6,053
163	Krishnarayapuram	P. Soundarapandiyan		DMK	36,177	55.03	P. M. Thangavelraj		INC	29,020	44.15	7,157
164	Kadavur	Karuraigiri Muthiah		INC	31,752	51.62	P. Krishnasamy		DMK	29,763	48.38	1,989
165	Viralimalai	Ilechezhiyan V. S.		DMK	41,813	57.47	Karuppiah Udayar A.		INC	30,274	41.61	11,539
166	Thirumayam	A. Thiagarajan		DMK	38,630	53.2	Pr. Ramanathan		INC	24,353	33.54	14,277
167	Alangudi	K. V. Subbiah		DMK	43,279	54.22	T. A. S. Thangavelu		INC	35,397	44.34	7,882
168	Pudukkottai	M. Sathiamoorthy		INC	34,680	46.8	Subbaiah Kr.		CPI	33,393	45.07	1,287
169	Thiruvaiyaru	G. Elangovan		DMK	37,139	50.75	Palani K. B.		INC	29,813	40.74	7,326
170	Thanjavur	S. Natarajan		DMK	38,288	55.72	A. Y. Arokiasamy Nadar		INC	30,423	44.28	7,865
171	Papanasam	N. Ganapathy		DMK	43,497	56.21	V. Ramakrishnan		INC	33,884	43.79	9,613
172	Valangiman	N. Somasundaram		DMK	38,519	58.11	V. Thangavelu		INC	24,351	36.73	14,168
173	Kumbakonam	N. Kasiraman		INC	39,755	51.45	S. Padmananbhan		DMK	37,136	48.06	2,619
174	Aduthurai	K. Rajamanickam		DMK	40,023	51.26	A. Marimuthu		INC	38,060	48.74	1,963
175	Sirkazhi	Vadivel S.		CPI	31,977	53.25	K. B. S. Mani		INC	25,667	42.74	6,310
176	Sembanarkoil	Sampath T. V.		DMK	33,937	56.28	Sambandam K. R.		INC	19,447	32.25	14,490
177	Mayiladuthurai	N. Kittappa		DMK	37,311	50.69	M. R. Krishnappa		INC	36,292	49.31	1,019
178	Kuttalam	S. Ganesan		DMK	34,781	54.57	K. K. Deen		INC	22,554	35.39	12,227
179	Kudavasal	Periasamy Udayar K.		DMK	31,302	47.75	Daksinamoorthy Kalingaraya		INC	23,576	35.97	7,726
180	Nannilam	Devandiran A		DMK	36,740	59.42	V. S. Arunachalam		INC	21,432	34.66	15,308
181	Thiruvarur	M. Karunanithi Thazhai		DMK	30,828	47.46	Vedaiyan. V		INC	18,686	28.77	12,142
182	Nagapattinam	Rajamanickam		DMK	29,744	44.8	Ramanatha Thevar		INC	23,342	35.16	6,402
183	Vedaranyam	M. Meenakshi Sundaram		DMK	41,787	63.86	Velayuthan P. C.		INC	17,478	26.71	24,309
184	Thiruthuraipoondi	Manali Kandasami C.		CPI	40,714	62.84	Thayamanavang G.		INC	22,118	34.14	18,596
185	Kottur	Subbiah A. K.		CPI	47,419	73.26	Rajamanickam T.		INC	17,309	26.74	30,110
186	Mannargudi	Balakrishnan K.		DMK	35,211	52.05	T. S. Swaminatha Odayar		INC	28,083	41.51	7,128
187	Orathanadu	L. Ganesan		DMK	49,269	61.99	Dhadayaudhapani		INC	26,283	33.07	22,986
188	Gandharvakottai	Govindarasu Kalingarar		DMK	42,025	57.59	Ramachandra Durai R.		INC	28,239	38.7	13,786
189	Pattukkottai	A. R. Marimuthu		PSP	44,565	62.95	Nagarajan N.		INC	26,229	37.05	18,336
190	Peravurani	Chelliah		Independent	32,025	36.46	M. Krishnamoorthy		DMK	30,005	34.16	2,020
191	Aranthangi	S. Ramanathan		DMK	49,322	55.81	Ramanathan Servaikarar		INC	37,289	42.19	12,033
192	Tiruppattur (Sivaganga)	S. Madhavan		DMK	54,117	70.13	S. Sethuramalingam		INC	23,047	29.87	31,070
193	Karaikudi	C. T. Chidambaram		DMK	39,986	59.82	S. P. R. Ramaswamy		SWA	26,858	40.18	13,128
194	Tiruvadanai	Pr. Shanmugham		DMK	40,417	54.32	K. R. Kariamanickam Ambalam		SWA	33,457	44.97	6,960
195	Ilayangudi	Malaikannan V.		DMK	45,551	61.99	Ramakrishna Thevar S.		INC	24,138	32.85	21,413
196	Ramanathapuram	M. S. K. Sathyendran		DMK	40,690	65.05	Balagangadharan R.		INC	19,649	31.41	21,041
197	Kadaladi	C. Ramalingam		DMK	31,521	64.86	Alangaram M.		SWA	13,863	28.53	17,658
198	Mudukulathur	Kadher Batcha Alias Vellaichind		Independent	18,267	32.86	Subramoniam R. C.		INC	17,532	31.54	735
199	Paramakudi	T. K. Siraimeettan		DMK	42,614	58.97	Rakkan K. V.		INC	24,864	34.41	17,750
200	Sivaganga	S. Sethuraman		DMK	42,320	60.19	O. Subramanian		INC	24,654	35.06	17,666
201	Manamadurai	T. Soniah		DMK	42,584	56.79	S. Sankaralingam		INC	32,405	43.21	10,179
202	Kariapatti	Perumal A. R.		AIFB	31,499	51.33	Muthuvel Serval M.		INC	22,175	36.14	9,324
203	Aruppukottai	Sowdi Sundara Bharathi		AIFB	37,021	56.67	Veerasamy M.		SWA	27,908	42.72	9,113
204	Virudhunagar	P. Seenivasan		DMK	31,455	49.88	V. Seenivasaga Naidu		SWA	29,878	47.38	1,577
205	Sattur	S. Alagu Thevar		AIFB	32,610	55.43	Dorairaj Naicker R		SWA	24,216	41.16	8,394
206	Sivakasi	K. Kalimuthu		DMK	39,854	59.42	Sundararaj Naicker N.		SWA	25,486	38	14,368
207	Srivilliputhur	K. Gurusamy Alias Andi		DMK	41,522	63.34	Dharmaraj S. P.		INC	24,036	36.66	17,486
208	Rajapalayam	K. Suppu		CPI	36,827	50.45	Srirenga Raja K. R.		INC	36,163	49.55	664
209	Vilathikulam	M. Rathnasabapathy		DMK	32,583	57.33	Subba Reddiar K.		INC	22,097	38.88	10,486
210	Kovilpatti	S. Alagarsamy		CPI	38,844	62.16	Subba Naicker L.		INC	23,646	37.84	15,198
211	Ottapidaram	M. Muthiah		AIFB	27,571	56.92	K. Manoharan		SWA	17,861	36.87	9,710
212	Sankarankoil	S. Subbiah		DMK	35,677	61.84	Jame M.		INC	22,019	38.16	13,658
213	Vasudevanallur	A. Velladurai		DMK	35,954	56.96	Gopa Thevar A.		INC	27,169	43.04	8,785
214	Kadayanallur	A. R. Subbiah Mudaliar		DMK	37,649	52.49	Abdul Majid Sahib S. M.		INC	34,079	47.51	3,570
215	Tenkasi	Samsudeen Alias Kathiravan		DMK	39,110	55.66	Iswar An I. C.		INC	31,150	44.34	7,960
216	Alangulam	Aladi Aruna		DMK	36,526	51.29	Ramachandran S. K. T.		INC	34,688	48.71	1,838
217	Ambasamudram	S. Sanmugamuthu Thevar		INC	31,192	46.52	Ananthakrishnan R. V.		DMK	27,707	41.32	3,485
218	Cheranmahadevi	D. S. A. Sivaprakasam		SWA	34,739	50.14	Ratnavelpandian S.		DMK	34,546	49.86	193
219	Gangaikondan	A. Karuppiah		DMK	32,963	58.83	Koil Pillai S.		INC	18,207	32.49	14,756
220	Tirunelveli	P. Padmanabhan		DMK	43,325	62.16	Rajathi Kunchithapatham		INC	26,373	37.84	16,952
221	Melapalayam	M. Kather Mohideen S.		IUML	35,470	56.73	Shanmugavel C.		INC	21,785	34.85	13,685
222	Srivaikuntam	S. P. Adithanar		DMK	37,329	54.95	Annamalai R. A. R.		INC	27,724	40.81	9,605
223	Thoothukkudi	Ramalingam R.		DMK	39,030	56.98	Naorojiammal		INC	29,473	43.02	9,557
224	Tiruchendur	Edmund		DMK	39,974	53.54	Ganesasundaram		INC	34,045	45.6	5,929
225	Sattangulam	K. P. Kandasasmy		DMK	33,510	51.72	T. Martin		INC	28,592	44.13	4,918
226	Nanguneri	T. Ganapathy		DMK	33,099	53.42	Thavasikani S. T.		INC	28,863	46.58	4,236
227	Radhapuram	V. Karthesan		DMK	33,678	51.68	Karuthiah K. P.		INC	31,489	48.32	2,189
228	Kanniyakumari	K. Rajah Pillai		DMK	35,884	51.1	Mahadevan Pillai B.		INC	31,326	44.61	4,558
229	Nagercoil	M. Moses		SWA	34,726	48.09	Christopher G.		DMK	34,185	47.34	541
230	Colachel	A. Pauliah		INC	37,401	54.98	S. Retnaraj		DMK	29,852	43.88	7,549
231	Padmanabhapuram	A. Swamidhas		INC	32,416	56.05	Michael G. C.		DMK	17,174	29.7	15,242
232	Tiruvattar	James. J		INC	36,097	59.66	J. Hemachandran		CPI(M)	14,315	23.66	21,782
233	Vilavancode	R. Ponnappan Nadar		INC	32,139	61.79	Gnanaraj Christopher G.		DMK	11,170	21.48	20,969
234	Killiyoor	N. Dennis		INC	34,573	62.25	Russel Raj. C		DMK	20,541	36.99	14,032