Constituency
223. Madras North
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-MADRAS-NORTH
DMK 56.3%won by 15.2%INC 41.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 15.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 56.3% of the vote here (+56.3%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.5% of the vote between them, up from 72.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,50,302
Turnout
73.5%
Valid votes
4,04,452
Margin
61,334
15.16%
Candidates
3 contested · winner DMK- 1K. MANOHARANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,27,78356.3%
- 2S. C. C. A. PILLAIIndian National Congress · INC1,66,44941.2%
- 3P. M. LINGESANIndependent · IND10,2202.5%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- +52.8%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 56.3%
- INC share
- 37.7% → 41.2%
- Turnout
- 71.6% → 73.5%