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Madras Assembly Elections

Historical results, trends and insights from 1962 to 1967.

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Lok Sabha2Vidhan Sabha2
19671962
Current seats
234
in the present Madras assembly
Elections contested
2
Leading party, 1967
DMK
137 of 234 seats

Compare elections

See what changed between any two Vidhan 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 Vidhan Sabha seats in Madras

Party19671962
INC51139
DMK13750
SWA206
CPM110
Others1511
Total seats234206

Seats won over time

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

0397811715619621967INCDMKSWACPM
  • INC
  • DMK
  • SWA
  • CPM

Vote share trend

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

0%13%26%39%52%19621967INCDMKSWACPM
  • INC
  • DMK
  • SWA
  • CPM

Constituency performance

From the 234 results in Madras, 1967

Best performance
USILAMPATTI
P.K.M. THEVAR, 72.11% share
Closest contest
VANUR
won by 70 (0.12%)
Biggest victory
USILAMPATTI
won by 28,489 (45.95%)
Lowest turnout
SANKARI
51.61%

Seat change & vote share

Madras, 1967

234SEATS
  • Retained0 (0%)
  • Changed hands0 (0%)
  • New seat234 (100%)

0 constituencies were won by the same party as 1962; 0 changed hands; 234 did not exist then.

Vote share by party
INC41.10%
DMK40.69%
SWA5.30%
IND4.95%
CPM4.07%
CPI1.80%
PSP0.89%
SSP0.55%

Result by election

1967Full result →234 seats
DMK 137INC 51SWA 20
  • DMK137
  • INC51
  • SWA20
  • CPM11
  • IND6
  • PSP4
  • CPI2
  • SSP2
  • FBL1
1962Full result →206 seats
INC 139DMK 50
  • INC139
  • DMK50
  • SWA6
  • IND5
  • FB3
  • CPI2
  • SOC1

Assembly constituencies

234 current, 206 under former boundaries · showing 1–50 of 440

No.Assembly seatReservationElectionsLast contested
1WASHERMANPETGEN11967
2HARBOURGEN11967
3BASIN BRIDGEGEN11967
4PARK TOWNGEN11967
5PERAMBURSC11967
6PURASAWALKAMGEN11967
7EGMOREGEN11967
8THOUSANDLIGHTSGEN11967
9TRIPLICANEGEN11967
10MYLAPOREGEN11967
11THIAGARAYANAGARGEN11967
12SAIDAPETGEN11967
13GUMMIDIPUNDIGEN11967
14PONNERISC11967
15TIRUVOTRIYURGEN11967
16ST THOMAS MOUNTGEN11967
17TIRUPORURGEN11967
18CHINGLEPUTGEN11967
19MADURANTAKAMGEN11967
20ACHARAPAKKAMSC11967
21UTTIRAMERURGEN11967
22KANCHEEPURAMGEN11967
23KUNNATHURSC11967
24SRIPERUMBUDURGEN11967
25KADAMBATHURGEN11967
26TIRUVALLURSC11967
27TIRUTTANIGEN11967
28ARKONAMGEN11967
29SHOLINGHURGEN11967
30RANIPETGEN11967
31ARCOTGEN11967
32KATPADIGEN11967
33GUDIYATTAMGEN11967
34PERNAMBATTUSC11967
35NATRAMPALLIGEN11967
36TIRUPPATTURGEN11967
37VANIYAMBADIGEN11967
38AMBURSC11967
39KAMIYAMBADIGEN11967
40VELLOREGEN11967
41ARNIGEN11967
42CHEYYARGEN11967
43WANDIWASHSC11967
44PERNAMALLURGEN11967
45POLURGEN11967
46CHENGAMSC11967
47THANDRAMBATTUGEN11967
48KALASAPAKKAMGEN11967
49TIRUVANNAMALAIGEN11967
50MELMALAYANURGEN11967

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.