Constituency
224. Madras South
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-MADRAS-SOUTH
DMK 59.4%won by 19.6%INC 39.8%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.3% to 19.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.1% of the vote between them, up from 71.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.9% to 72.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,75,015
Turnout
72.7%
Valid votes
4,17,783
Margin
81,978
19.62%
Candidates
4 contested · winner DMK- 1C. N. ANNADURAIDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,48,09959.4%
- 2K. GURUMURTIIndian National Congress · INC1,66,12139.8%
- 3R. M. A. CHETTIARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,6010.6%
- 4I. S. RAOIndependent · IND9620.2%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–INC swing
- +1.3%
- DMK share
- 44.7% → 59.4%
- INC share
- 26.4% → 39.8%
- Turnout
- 69.8% → 72.7%