Constituency
203. Cuddalore
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-CUDDALORE
DMK 51.4%won by 11.3%INC 40.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 11.3%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 51.4% of the vote here (+51.4%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.5% of the vote between them, up from 85.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 11.7% to 65.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,79,031
Turnout
65.3%
Valid votes
3,12,968
Margin
35,387
11.31%
Candidates
4 contested · winner DMK- 1T. RAMABADRA NAIDUDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,60,81151.4%
- 2T.D. MUTHUKUMARASWAMI NAIDUIndian National Congress · INC1,25,42440.1%
- 3R. THILLAI GOVINDANIndependent · IND19,7526.3%
- 4A. SHARIFFIndependent · IND6,9812.2%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- +53.8%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 51.4%
- INC share
- 42.5% → 40.1%
- Turnout
- 53.7% → 65.3%