Constituency
208. Salem
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-SALEM
INC 49.3%won by 3.9%DMK 45.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.2% to 3.9%.
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 45.4% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.8% of the vote between them, up from 64.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 22.9% to 67.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,40,434
Turnout
67.9%
Valid votes
2,98,991
Margin
11,738
3.93%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1S. V. RAMASWAMYIndian National Congress · INC1,47,52549.3%
- 2K. RAJAGOPALDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,35,78745.4%
- 3R. K. PERIASAMYIndependent · IND5,6051.9%
- 4T. S. PERIASAMIIndependent · IND5,4931.8%
- 5J. SRINIVASANJS · JS4,5811.5%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–DMK swing
- −43.3%
- INC share
- 47.2% → 49.3%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 45.4%
- Turnout
- 45.0% → 67.9%