Constituency
235. Krishnagiri
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-KRISHNAGIRI
DMK 50.8%won by 5.6%INC 45.1%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.3% to 5.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 9.3% to 64.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,03,298
Turnout
64.6%
Valid votes
3,25,111
Margin
18,294
5.63%
Candidates
3 contested · winner DMK- 1M. KAMALANATHANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,65,07950.8%
- 2T. S. PATTABIRAMANIndian National Congress · INC1,46,78545.1%
- 3S. A. PANDITIndependent · IND13,2474.1%
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
- +2.3%
- DMK share
- 48.8% → 50.8%
- INC share
- 45.5% → 45.1%
- Turnout
- 55.3% → 64.6%