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195. Madras South

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Madras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-MADRAS-SOUTH

DMK 44.7%won by 18.3%INC 26.4%

What changed here

Derived

The 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%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMKINC swing
+64.2%
DMK share
0.0% 44.7%
INC share
45.9% 26.4%
Turnout
37.5% 69.8%