Constituency
249. Perambalur
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-PERAMBALUR
DMK 54.0%won by 7.9%INC 46.0%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.4% to 7.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.8% to 79.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,37,811
Turnout
79.2%
Valid votes
4,26,054
Margin
33,828
7.94%
Candidates
2 contested · winner DMK- 1A. DURAIRASUDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,29,94154.0%
- 2P. K. RAMASWAMYIndian National Congress · INC1,96,11346.0%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–INC swing
- −8.4%
- DMK share
- 55.9% → 54.0%
- INC share
- 39.5% → 46.0%
- Turnout
- 71.4% → 79.2%