Constituency
254. Thanjavur
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-THANJAVUR
DMK 52.6%won by 5.3%INC 47.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 5.3%.
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 52.6% of the vote here (+52.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 78.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 9.6% to 82.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,21,430
Turnout
82.1%
Valid votes
4,28,254
Margin
22,574
5.27%
Candidates
2 contested · winner DMK- 1D.S. GOPALARDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,25,41452.6%
- 2R. VENKATARAMANIndian National Congress · INC2,02,84047.4%
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
- +48.9%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 52.6%
- INC share
- 43.6% → 47.4%
- Turnout
- 72.5% → 82.1%