Constituency
238. Tiruchengode
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-TIRUCHENGODE
DMK 55.3%won by 11.5%INC 43.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 11.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 38.9% to 55.3% of the vote here (+16.4%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.1% of the vote between them, up from 82.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 13.0% to 73.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,73,903
Turnout
73.2%
Valid votes
4,20,276
Margin
48,251
11.48%
Candidates
3 contested · winner DMK- 1K. ANBAZHAGANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,32,36555.3%
- 2T. M. KALIANNANIndian National Congress · INC1,84,11443.8%
- 3S. S. MOOPANIndependent · IND3,7970.9%
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
- +16.3%
- DMK share
- 38.9% → 55.3%
- INC share
- 43.7% → 43.8%
- Turnout
- 60.2% → 73.2%