Constituency
207. Krishnagiri
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-KRISHNAGIRI
DMK 48.8%won by 3.3%INC 45.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 3.3%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 48.8% of the vote here (+48.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.3% of the vote between them, up from 79.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 23.0% to 55.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,73,080
Turnout
55.3%
Valid votes
2,61,380
Margin
8,601
3.29%
Candidates
3 contested · winner DMK- 1K. RAJARAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,27,50848.8%
- 2C. R. NARASIMHANIndian National Congress · INC1,18,90745.5%
- 3T. D. BALAKRISHNANIndependent · IND14,9655.7%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- +43.3%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 48.8%
- INC share
- 40.0% → 45.5%
- Turnout
- 32.3% → 55.3%