Constituency
228. Vellore
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-VELLORE
DMK 55.8%won by 19.1%INC 36.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 19.1%.
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 55.8% of the vote here (+55.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.6% of the vote between them, up from 73.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 8.0% to 72.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,04,140
Turnout
72.4%
Valid votes
3,65,185
Margin
69,732
19.09%
Candidates
3 contested · winner DMK- 1KUCHELARDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,03,88755.8%
- 2A. JAYARAMANIndian National Congress · INC1,34,15536.7%
- 3M. KRISHNASAMYRPI · RPI27,1437.4%
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
- +60.1%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 55.8%
- INC share
- 41.0% → 36.7%
- Turnout
- 64.5% → 72.4%