Constituency
210. Namakkal
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-NAMAKKAL
INC 43.8%won by 3.3%DMK 40.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.3%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 21.5% to 43.8% of the vote here (+22.4%).
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 40.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.4% of the vote between them, up from 45.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 25.2% to 66.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,08,580
Turnout
66.2%
Valid votes
2,70,598
Margin
8,951
3.31%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1V. K. RAMASWAMYIndian National Congress · INC1,18,60343.8%
- 2M. P. VADIVELUDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,09,65240.5%
- 3S. PALANIMUTHUTNP · TNP28,62110.6%
- 4SEERANGANIndependent · IND13,7225.1%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–DMK swing
- −18.2%
- INC share
- 21.5% → 43.8%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 40.5%
- Turnout
- 91.4% → 66.2%