Constituency
394. Madras South
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-MADRAS-SOUTH
DMK 63.2%won by 27.7%INC 35.5%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.3% to 27.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.7% of the vote between them, up from 71.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- Safe seatDravida Munnetra Kazhagam won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
3,81,779
Margin
1,05,708
27.69%
Candidates
7 contested · winner DMK- 1M.MARANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,41,30463.2%
- 2RAMASWAMY C.RIndian National Congress · INC1,35,59635.5%
- 3R.NAYAGAR.GIndependent · IND1,6230.4%
- 4A.K.SAHIBIndependent · IND1,3440.4%
- 5SRINIVASAN C.MIndependent · IND1,1000.3%
- 6A.CHETTIAR.T.VIndependent · IND5740.2%
- 7VAINDYANATHAN,K.VIndependent · IND2380.1%
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
- +9.4%
- DMK share
- 44.7% → 63.2%
- INC share
- 26.4% → 35.5%
- Turnout
- 69.8% → —