Constituency
247. Karur
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-KARUR
SWA 53.0%won by 6.0%INC 47.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Swatantra Party (SWA), which now leads by 6.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- SWA vote shareSWA went from 34.9% to 53.0% of the vote here (+18.1%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 83.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 9.1% to 71.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,54,715
Turnout
71.2%
Valid votes
3,95,042
Margin
23,718
6.00%
Candidates
2 contested · winner SWA- 1M. GOUNDERSwatantra Party · SWA2,09,38053.0%
- 2R. CHETTIARIndian National Congress · INC1,85,66247.0%
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
- +19.7%
- SWA share
- 34.9% → 53.0%
- INC share
- 48.6% → 47.0%
- Turnout
- 62.1% → 71.2%