Constituency
232. Cuddalore
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-CUDDALORE
DMK 55.9%won by 11.9%INC 44.1%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.3% to 11.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 91.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 8.6% to 74.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,45,062
Turnout
74.0%
Valid votes
4,03,169
Margin
47,973
11.90%
Candidates
2 contested · winner DMK- 1V. K. GOUNDERDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,25,57155.9%
- 2S. RADHAKRISHNANIndian National Congress · INC1,77,59844.1%
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
- +0.6%
- DMK share
- 51.4% → 55.9%
- INC share
- 40.1% → 44.1%
- Turnout
- 65.3% → 74.0%