Constituency
216. Periyakulam
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-PERIYAKULAM
INC 48.4%won by 1.0%IND 47.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.3% to 1.0%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.9% of the vote between them, up from 78.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 14.8% to 68.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,44,152
Turnout
68.3%
Valid votes
3,03,116
Margin
2,899
0.96%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1MALAICHAMY THEVARIndian National Congress · INC1,46,82948.4%
- 2MUTHAIHIndependent · IND1,43,93047.5%
- 3PONNUSAMYIndependent · IND12,3574.1%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −21.3%
- INC share
- 50.1% → 48.4%
- IND share
- 27.8% → 47.5%
- Turnout
- 53.5% → 68.3%