Constituency
246. Madurai
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-MADURAI
CPM 60.2%won by 24.3%INC 35.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 24.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 60.2% of the vote here (+60.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.1% of the vote between them, up from 74.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.9% to 75.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,72,490
Turnout
75.9%
Valid votes
4,34,374
Margin
1,05,468
24.28%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1P. RAMAMURTICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,61,39060.2%
- 2S. C. THEVARIndian National Congress · INC1,55,92235.9%
- 3T. K. T. RAMBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS17,0623.9%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +63.8%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 60.2%
- INC share
- 39.6% → 35.9%
- Turnout
- 72.9% → 75.9%