1967 Indian general election in Madras

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Indian general election in Madras, 1967

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39 (of 520) seats to the Lok Sabha
  First party Second party
  CN Annadurai 1970 stamp of India.jpg K Kamaraj 1976 stamp of India.jpg
Leader C.N. Annadurai K. Kamaraj
Party DMK INC
Leader's seat Madras South Did not contest
Seats won 36 3
Seat change Increase 29 Decrease 28
Popular vote 8,104,656 6,436,710
Percentage 52.49% 41.69%
Swing Increase 22.01% Decrease 3.57%

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The 1967 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. The result was a huge victory for Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, led by C.N. Annadurai and its ally Swatantra Party, led by C. Rajagopalachari. Madras was the first and one of few states, where a non-Congress Party won more seats than Congress in a state. A huge wave of anti-incumbency factor was present in Madras, 1967, which led to the defeat of the popular leader K. Kamaraj and his party in both the state and national elections, won by DMK and its allies. After this election, the DMK supported the Congress party under Indira Gandhi.

Voting and results[]

Results by Alliance[]

DMK+ SEATS INC SEATS OTHERS SEATS
DMK 25 INC 3 CPI 0
SWA 6
CPM 4
IND/ML 1
TOTAL (1967) 36 TOTAL (1967) 3 TOTAL (1967) 0
TOTAL (1962) 7 TOTAL (1962) 31 TOTAL (1962) 3

List of Elected MPs[]

Constituency Winner Party Margin Runner-upa Partya
Madras North Krishnan Manoharan DMK 61,334 S. C. C. A. Pillai INC
Madras South C. N. Annadurai DMK 81,978 INC
Sriperumbudur (SC) DMK 101,765 INC
Chengalpattu C. Chitti Babu DMK 105,731 O. V. Alagesan INC
DMK 75,549 A. Krishnaswamy INC
Vellore (SC) DMK 69,732 INC
Tiruppattur DMK 29,231 INC
Vandavasi G. Viswanathan DMK 80,659 INC
Tindivanam DMK 32,070 Lakshmi Narayanan INC
Cuddalore DMK 47,973 S. Radhakrishnan INC
Chidambaram (SC) V. Mayavan DMK 17,429 INC
Kallakurichi DMK 26,523 K. Parthasarathy INC
Krishnagiri DMK 18,294 INC
Salem K. Rajaram DMK 63,509 R. Ramakrishnan INC
S. Kandappan DMK 56,845 INC
Tiruchengode K. Anbazhagan DMK 48,251 T. M. Kaliannan INC
Nilgiris SWA 19,702 INC
Coimbatore K. Ramani CPM 65,921 N. Mahalingam INC
Pollachi DMK 81,754 INC
C. T. Dhandapani DMK 110,866 INC
Gobichettipalayam P. A. Saminathan DMK 48,945 C. Subramaniam INC
Periyakulam H. Ajmal Khan SWA 27,621 INC
Dindigul N. Anbuchezhian DMK 103,346 T. S. Soundram INC
Madurai CPM 105,468 INC
Karur SWA 23,718 INC
Tiruchirappalli CPM 2,545 INC
Perambalur (SC) A. Durairaju DMK 33,828 INC
Pudukkottai R. Umanath CPM 9,382 INC
Kumbakonam DMK 20,039 INC
Mayuram (SC) DMK 52,044 Maragatham Chandrasekhar INC
Nagapattinam INC 11,219 CPM
Thanjavur DMK 22,574 R. Venkataraman INC
Sivaganga Tha. Kiruttinan DMK 58,217 Subramanian INC
Ramanathapuram S. M. Muhammed Sheriff IND/ML 32,025 S. Balakrishnan INC
Sivakasi SWA 31,672 INC
Tirunelveli S. Xavier SWA 41,991 A. P. C. Veerabahu INC
Tenkasi (SC) R. S. Arumugam INC 5,746 Velu SWA
Tiruchendur SWA 394 K. T. Kosalram INC
Nagercoil A. Nesamony INC 52,014 SWA

See also[]

Bibliography[]

Volume I, 1967 Indian general election, 4th Lok Sabha

External links[]

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