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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 51–80 of 80

No.ConstituencyReservationElectionsLast contested
12TIRUKOILURformer boundarySC11962
13TIRUPPATTURformer boundaryGEN11962
14KRISHNAGIRIformer boundaryGEN11962
15SALEMformer boundaryGEN11962
16TIRUCHENGODEformer boundaryGEN11962
17NAMAKKALformer boundarySC11962
18ERODEformer boundaryGEN11962
19GOHICHETTIPALAYAMformer boundaryGEN11962
20NILGIRISformer boundaryGEN11962
21COIMBATOREformer boundaryGEN11962
22POLLACHIformer boundaryGEN11962
23PERIYAKULAMformer boundaryGEN11962
24MADURAIformer boundaryGEN11962
25MELURformer boundarySC11962
26DINDIGULformer boundaryGEN11962
27KARURformer boundaryGEN11962
28TIRUCHIRAPALIformer boundaryGEN11962
29PERAMBALURformer boundaryGEN11962
30PUDUKKOTTAIformer boundaryGEN11962
31KUMBAKONAMformer boundaryGEN11962
32MAYURAMformer boundarySC11962
33NAGAPATTINAMformer boundaryGEN11962
34THANJAVURformer boundaryGEN11962
35RAMANATHAPURAMformer boundaryGEN11962
36ARUPPUKKOTTAIformer boundaryGEN11962
37KOILPATTIformer boundarySC11962
38TIRUNELVELIformer boundaryGEN11962
39TENKASAIformer boundaryGEN11962
40TIRUCHENDURformer boundaryGEN11962
41NAGERCOILformer 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.