Constituency
258. Tirunelveli
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-TIRUNELVELI
SWA 48.1%won by 10.8%INC 37.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Swatantra Party (SWA), which now leads by 10.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- SWA vote shareSWA went from 40.8% to 48.1% of the vote here (+7.3%).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.8% to 71.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,43,945
Turnout
71.4%
Valid votes
3,88,325
Margin
41,991
10.81%
Candidates
3 contested · winner SWA- 1S. XAVIERSwatantra Party · SWA1,86,86448.1%
- 2A. P. C. VEERABAHUIndian National Congress · INC1,44,87337.3%
- 3S. A. MURUGANANTHAMCommunist Party of India · CPI56,58814.6%
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
- +17.7%
- SWA share
- 40.8% → 48.1%
- INC share
- 47.7% → 37.3%
- Turnout
- 67.6% → 71.4%