Constituency
256. Ramanathapuram
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-RAMANATHAPURAM
IND 47.2%won by 8.4%INC 38.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 8.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 2.9% to 47.2% of the vote here (+44.3%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.1% of the vote between them, up from 73.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.2% to 72.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,26,959
Turnout
72.5%
Valid votes
3,81,977
Margin
32,025
8.38%
Candidates
5 contested · winner IND- 1M. SHERIFFIndependent · IND1,80,39247.2%
- 2S. BALAKRISHNANIndian National Congress · INC1,48,36738.8%
- 3T. L. S. THEVARIndependent · IND39,03110.2%
- 4LAKSHMANASUBBARAJULUIndependent · IND10,7102.8%
- 5S.S. KARUPPASAMYIndependent · IND3,4770.9%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +46.6%
- IND share
- 2.9% → 47.2%
- INC share
- 41.1% → 38.8%
- Turnout
- 68.3% → 72.5%