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Madras Lok Sabha Elections

Historical results, trends and insights from 1962 to 1967.

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Lok Sabha2Vidhan Sabha2
19671962
Current seats
39
in the present Lok Sabha
Elections contested
2
Leading party, 1967
DMK
25 of 39 seats

Compare elections

See what changed between any two Lok Sabha elections in Madras.

1967vs

Seat swings, vote share shifts and constituency-level changes, side by side.

Seat share over the years

Seats and vote share by election for the parties that have won the most Lok Sabha seats in Madras

Party19671962
INC331
DMK257
SWA60
CPM40
Others13
Total seats3941

Seats won over time

The four parties that have won the most Lok Sabha seats in Madras

0917263519621967INCDMKSWACPM
  • INC
  • DMK
  • SWA
  • CPM

Vote share trend

How each party's Lok Sabha vote share has moved over time in Madras

0%13%25%38%51%19621967INCDMKSWACPM
  • INC
  • DMK
  • SWA
  • CPM

Constituency performance

From the 39 results in Madras, 1967

Best performance
DINDIGUL
N. ANBUCHEZHIAN, 62.40% share
Closest contest
TIRUCHENDUR
won by 394 (0.10%)
Biggest victory
DHARAPURAM
won by 1,10,866 (26.63%)
Lowest turnout
METTUR
63.55%

Seat change & vote share

Madras, 1967

39SEATS
  • Retained0 (0%)
  • Changed hands0 (0%)
  • New seat39 (100%)

0 constituencies were won by the same party as 1962; 0 changed hands; 39 did not exist then.

Vote share by party
INC41.69%
DMK35.78%
SWA9.16%
CPM6.85%
IND4.07%
CPI1.94%
BJS0.22%
RPI0.20%

Result by election

1967National result →39 seats
DMK 25SWA 6CPM 4INC 3
  • DMK25
  • SWA6
  • CPM4
  • INC3
  • IND1
1962National result →41 seats
INC 31DMK 7
  • INC31
  • DMK7
  • CPI2
  • FB1

Constituencies

39 current, 41 under former boundaries · showing 1–50 of 80

No.ConstituencyReservationElectionsLast contested
1MADRAS NORTHGEN11967
2MADRAS SOUTHGEN11967
3SRIPERUMBUDURSC11967
4CHINGLEPUTGEN11967
5TIRUTTANIGEN11967
6VELLORESC11967
7TIRUPATTURGEN11967
8WANDIWASHGEN11967
9TINDIVANAMGEN11967
10CUDDALOREGEN11967
11CHIDAMBARAMSC11967
12KALLAKURICHIGEN11967
13KRISHNAGIRIGEN11967
14SALEMGEN11967
15METTURGEN11967
16TIRUCHENGODEGEN11967
17NILGIRISGEN11967
18COIMBATOREGEN11967
19POLLACHIGEN11967
20DHARAPURAMSC11967
21GOBICHETTIPALAYAMGEN11967
22PERIYAKULAMGEN11967
23DINDIGULGEN11967
24MADURAIGEN11967
25KARURGEN11967
26TIRUCHIRAPALLIGEN11967
27PERAMBALURSC11967
28PUDUKKOTTAIGEN11967
29KUMBAKONAMGEN11967
30MAYURAMSC11967
31NAGAPATTINAMGEN11967
32THANJAVURGEN11967
33SIVAGANGAGEN11967
34RAMANATHAPURAMGEN11967
35SIVAKASIGEN11967
36TIRUNELVELIGEN11967
37TENKASISC11967
38TIRUCHENDURGEN11967
39NAGERCOILGEN11967
1MADRAS NORTHformer boundaryGEN11962
2MADRAS SOUTHformer boundaryGEN11962
3SRIPERUMBUDURformer boundarySC11962
4CHINGLEPUTformer boundaryGEN11962
5TIRUVALLURformer boundaryGEN11962
6VELLOREformer boundaryGEN11962
7WANDIWASHformer boundarySC11962
8TIRUVANNAMALAIformer boundaryGEN11962
9TINDIVANAMformer boundaryGEN11962
10CUDDALOREformer boundaryGEN11962
11CHIDAMBARAMformer boundaryGEN11962

Seats marked “former boundary” were redrawn by a later delimitation order. A name that survives a redrawing keeps its own page, with each boundary era labelled on the result.