Constituency
219. Dindigul
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-DINDIGUL
INC 43.2%won by 16.7%DMK 26.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.8% to 16.7%.
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 26.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 69.7% of the vote between them, up from 49.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 24.7% to 69.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,61,145
Turnout
69.5%
Valid votes
3,20,574
Margin
53,653
16.74%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1T. S. SOUNDARAM RAMACHANDRAMIndian National Congress · INC1,38,57443.2%
- 2M. S. ABDUL KHADERDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK84,92126.5%
- 3N. KRISHNASWAMICommunist Party of India · CPI80,40625.1%
- 4SAKUNTALASwatantra Party · SWA16,6735.2%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–DMK swing
- −11.3%
- INC share
- 28.0% → 43.2%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 26.5%
- Turnout
- 94.2% → 69.5%