NAGERCOIL

Assembly seat no. 229 in Madras · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 2 times since 1962.

Madras also has a Lok Sabha constituency called NAGERCOIL. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 2 results.

Overview Election History

1967DMK 1962INC

Winner, 1967

M.C.BALAN

DMK

Elections held

1962–1967

Most successful party

DMK

won 1 of 2

Margin, 1967

6,692

10.09% of valid votes

Result, 1967

Winner

DMK M.C.BALAN

Votes: 36,502
Vote share: 55.05%
Margin: 6,692

Runner-up

INCT.NADAR

Votes: 29,810
Vote share: 44.95%
Behind by: 6,692

Electors

86,263

Total votes polled

66,312

Valid votes

66,312

NOTA votes

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Turnout

76.9%

Full result, 1967

2 candidates · 66,312 valid votes

1967 election →

M.C.BALANDMKwon

36,502

55.0%

T.NADARINC

29,810

45.0%

Past results

Most recent 2 of 2 elections

Year	Winner	Party	Votes	Vote share	Runner-up	Margin
1967	M.C.BALAN	DMK	36,502	55.05%	T.NADAR	6,692
1962	A. CHIDAMBARANATHA NADAR	INC	37,079	54.13%	C. BALAN	19,761

NAGERCOIL

Result, 1967

Full result, 1967

Past results

Who has held it

Turnout and closeness over time

Turnout

Winning margin