Constituency
233. Chidambaram
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-CHIDAMBARAM
DMK 52.2%won by 4.4%INC 47.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 4.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 43.3% to 52.2% of the vote here (+8.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 88.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.9% to 74.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,24,610
Turnout
74.9%
Valid votes
3,92,957
Margin
17,429
4.44%
Candidates
2 contested · winner DMK- 1V. MAYAVANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,05,19352.2%
- 2L. ELAYAPERUMALIndian National Congress · INC1,87,76447.8%
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
- +5.7%
- DMK share
- 43.3% → 52.2%
- INC share
- 44.6% → 47.8%
- Turnout
- 69.0% → 74.9%