Constituency
195. Madras South
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-MADRAS-SOUTH
DMK 44.7%won by 18.3%INC 26.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 18.3%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 44.7% of the vote here (+44.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.2% between them, down from 86.2% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 32.2% to 69.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,86,728
Turnout
69.8%
Valid votes
3,39,625
Margin
62,146
18.30%
Candidates
4 contested · winner DMK- 1K. MANOHARANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,51,91744.7%
- 2C. R. RAMASWAMYIndian National Congress · INC89,77126.4%
- 3E. V. K. SAMPATHTNP · TNP63,76818.8%
- 4M. GANAPATHYIndependent · IND34,16910.1%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- +64.2%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 44.7%
- INC share
- 45.9% → 26.4%
- Turnout
- 37.5% → 69.8%