Constituency
239. Nilgiris
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-NILGIRIS
SWA 48.1%won by 5.6%INC 42.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Swatantra Party (SWA), which now leads by 5.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- SWA vote shareSWA went from 23.3% to 48.1% of the vote here (+24.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.5% of the vote between them, up from 76.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,02,089
Turnout
69.5%
Valid votes
3,48,997
Margin
19,702
5.65%
Candidates
3 contested · winner SWA- 1M. K. N. GOWDERSwatantra Party · SWA1,67,71248.1%
- 2A. DEVIIndian National Congress · INC1,48,01042.4%
- 3T. S. K. GOWDERCommunist Party of India · CPI33,2759.5%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- SWAflipped
- SWA–INC swing
- +34.9%
- SWA share
- 23.3% → 48.1%
- INC share
- 52.5% → 42.4%
- Turnout
- 69.0% → 69.5%