Constituency
241. Pollachi
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-POLLACHI
DMK 58.6%won by 20.2%INC 38.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 20.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 58.6% of the vote here (+58.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.9% of the vote between them, up from 80.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.9% to 73.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,49,500
Turnout
73.7%
Valid votes
4,04,753
Margin
81,754
20.20%
Candidates
3 contested · winner DMK- 1NARAYANANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,37,03558.6%
- 2S. K. PARAMASIVAMIndian National Congress · INC1,55,28138.4%
- 3N. L. GOUNDERIndependent · IND12,4373.1%
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
- +76.6%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 58.6%
- INC share
- 56.4% → 38.4%
- Turnout
- 69.8% → 73.7%