Constituency
230. Wandiwash
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-WANDIWASH
DMK 55.3%won by 20.9%INC 34.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 20.9%.
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 55.3% of the vote here (+55.3%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.6% of the vote between them, up from 75.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.2% to 73.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,23,306
Turnout
73.8%
Valid votes
3,86,421
Margin
80,659
20.87%
Candidates
4 contested · winner DMK- 1G. VISWANATHANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,13,53755.3%
- 2M. K. GOUNDERIndian National Congress · INC1,32,87834.4%
- 3P. S. GOUNDERIndependent · IND31,0088.0%
- 4K. M> K. NAYAGARIndependent · IND8,9982.3%
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
- +60.3%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 55.3%
- INC share
- 39.4% → 34.4%
- Turnout
- 67.7% → 73.8%