| 4.6 DINDIGUL BYE-ELECTION
On 20-5-1973 the bye-election to the Dindigul parliamentary constituency came due to the death of Rajangam in 1971.49 In this election candidates of DMK, ADMK and Congress parties contested. Finally the ADMK candidate Mayathevar won the election. The Dindigul byeelection marked a turning point in the politics of Tamilnadu for ADMK party.
Similar elections held for the Coimbatore constituency51 and Pondicherry constituency52 were also won by the ADMK candidates. It gave a boost to the ADMK party members. During the DMK regime there was internal disorder in Tamilnadu. So the opposition party got a chance to fame corruptive charges against the DMK.
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