1967 Indian general election in Madras State

For State Assembly election, see 1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election.

Indian general election in Madras, 1967

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39 (of 520) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered	20,796,700
Turnout	15,922,449 (76.56%) 7.79%
First party Second party   Leader C.N. Annadurai M. Bhaktavatsalam Party DMK INC Leader's seat Madras South Did not contest Seats won 36 3 Seat change 29 28 Popular vote 8,176,656 6,436,710 Percentage 52.96% 41.69% Swing 22.48% 3.57%
Tamil Nadu
Prime Minister before election Indira Gandhi INC Prime Minister after election Indira Gandhi INC

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 against the Congress 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.

Seat Allotment

United Front

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		C. N. Annadurai	25
2.		Swatantra Party		C. Rajagopalachari	7
3.		Communist Party of India (Marxist)		M. R. Venkataraman	6
Unrecognized parties, whose candidates ran as an independent supported by DMK
4.		Indian Union Muslim League		Muhammed Ismail	1

Congress

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Indian National Congress		K. Kamaraj	39

Voting and results

Alliance		Party		Popular Vote	Percentage	Swing	Seats won	Seat Change
	United Front		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	5,524,514	35.78%	17.14%	25	18
			Swatantra Party	1,414,208	9.16%	1.31%	6	6
			Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1,057,542	6.85%	new party	4	new party
			Independent	180,392	1.17%	0.20%	1	1
			Total	8,176,656	52.96%	22.48%	36	29
	Indian National Congress			6,436,710	41.69%	3.57%	3	28
	Communist Party of India			299,841	1.69%	8.55%	0	2
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh			33,626	0.22%	0.18%	0
	Republican Party of India			31,451	0.20%	1.54%	0
	Praja Socialist Party			12,162	0.08%	1.60%	0
	Independents			448,648	3.16%	4.35%	0
Total				15,439,094	100.00%		39	2
Valid Votes				15,439,094	96.96%
Invalid Votes				483,355	3.04%
Total Votes				15,922,449	100.00%
Registered Voters/Turnout				20,796,700	76.56%	7.79%

List of Elected MPs

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Madras North	K. Manoharan		DMK	227,783	56.32	S. C. C. A. Pillai		INC	166,449	41.15	61,334	15.17
2	Madras South	C. N. Annadurai		DMK	248,099	59.38	K. Gurumurti		INC	166,121	39.76	81,978	19.62
3	Sriperumbudur (SC)	P. Sivasankaran		DMK	271,528	60.61	K. Sambandan		INC	169,763	37.89	101,765	22.72
4	Chingleput	C. C. Babu		DMK	255,845	61.32	D. V. Alagesan		INC	150,114	35.98	105,731	25.34
5	Tiruttani	S. K. Sambandhan		DMK	225,229	55.61	A. Krishnaswamy		INC	149,680	36.96	75,549	18.65
6	Vellore (SC)	Kuchelar		DMK	203,887	55.83	A. Jayaraman		INC	134,155	36.74	69,732	19.09
7	Tirupattur	R. M. Gounder		DMK	188,309	54.21	T. A. Wahid		INC	159,078	45.79	29,231	8.42
8	Wandiwash	G. Viswanathan		DMK	213,537	55.26	M. K. Gounder		INC	132,878	34.39	80,659	20.87
9	Tindivanam	T. D. R. Naidu		DMK	201,009	49.54	Lakshminarayanan		INC	168,939	41.64	32,070	7.90
10	Cuddalore	V. K. Gounder		DMK	225,571	55.95	S. Radhakrishnan		INC	177,598	44.05	47,973	11.90
11	Chidambaram (SC)	V. Mayavan		DMK	205,193	52.22	L. Elayaperumal		INC	187,764	47.78	17,429	4.44
12	Kallakurichi	M. Deiveekan		DMK	193,043	52.81	K. Parthasarathy		INC	166,520	45.55	26,523	7.26
13	Krishnagiri	M. Kamalanathan		DMK	165,079	50.78	T. S. Pattabiraman		INC	146,785	45.15	18,294	5.63
14	Salem	K. Rajaram		DMK	219,380	57.07	R. Ramakrishnan		INC	155,871	40.55	63,509	16.52
15	Mettur	S. Kandappan		DMK	184,004	53.14	G. Venkatraman		INC	127,159	36.72	56,845	16.42
16	Tiruchengode	K. Anbazhagan		DMK	232,365	55.29	T. M. Kaliannan		INC	184,114	43.81	48,251	11.48
17	Nilgiris	M. K. N. Gowder		SWA	167,712	48.06	A. Devi		INC	148,010	42.41	19,702	5.65
18	Coimbatore	K. Ramani		CPI(M)	240,856	57.93	N. Mahalingam		INC	174,935	42.07	65,921	15.86
19	Pollachi	Narayanan		DMK	237,035	58.56	S. K. Paramasivam		INC	155,281	38.36	81,754	20.20
20	Dharapuram (SC)	C. T. Dhandapani		DMK	259,768	62.39	S. R. Arumugham		INC	148,902	35.77	110,866	26.62
21	Gobichettipalayam	P. A. Saminathan		DMK	203,798	54.51	C. Subramaniam		INC	154,853	41.42	48,945	13.09
22	Periyakulam	H. Ajmalkhan		SWA	183,593	45.34	M. Ibrahim		INC	155,972	38.52	27,621	6.82
23	Dindigul	N. Anbuchezhian		DMK	260,065	62.40	T. S. S. Ramachndran		INC	156,719	37.60	103,346	24.80
24	Madurai	P. Ramamurti		CPI(M)	261,390	60.18	S. C. Thevar		INC	155,922	35.90	105,468	24.28
25	Karur	M. Gounder		SWA	209,380	53.00	R. Chettiar		INC	185,662	47.00	23,718	6.00
26	Tiruchirapalli	K. A. Nambiar		CPI(M)	202,879	50.32	V. A. Muthiah		INC	200,334	49.68	2,545	0.64
27	Perambalur (SC)	A. Durairasu		DMK	229,941	53.97	P. K. Ramaswamy		INC	196,113	46.03	33,828	7.94
28	Pudukkottai	R. Umanath		CPI(M)	199,469	48.25	A. N. Chettiar		INC	190,087	45.98	9,382	2.27
29	Kumbakonam	S. Era		DMK	213,866	50.19	C. R. P. Raman		INC	193,827	45.49	20,039	4.70
30	Mayuram (SC)	K. Subravelu		DMK	209,660	57.09	M. Chandrasekhar		INC	157,616	42.91	52,044	14.18
31	Nagapattinam	V. Sambasivam		INC	164,167	41.78	V. P. Chintan		CPI(M)	152,948	38.93	11,219	2.85
32	Thanjavur	D. S. Gopalar		DMK	225,414	52.64	R. Venkataraman		INC	202,840	47.36	22,574	5.28
33	Sivaganga	Kiruttinan		DMK	225,106	53.17	Subramanian		INC	166,889	39.42	58,217	13.75
34	Ramanathapuram	M. Sheriff		IND	180,392	47.23	S. Balakrishnan		INC	148,367	38.84	32,025	8.39
35	Sivakasi	P. Ramamoorthy		SWA	194,364	47.08	P. A. Nadar		INC	162,692	39.41	31,672	7.67
36	Tirunelveli	S. Xavier		SWA	186,864	48.12	A. P. C. Veerabahu		INC	144,873	37.31	41,991	10.81
37	Tenkasi (SC)	R. S. Arumugam		INC	166,737	41.52	Velu		SWA	160,991	40.09	5,746	1.43
38	Tiruchendur	Santosham		SWA	183,053	46.90	K. T. Kosalram		INC	182,659	46.79	394	0.11
39	Nagercoil	A. Nesamony		INC	180,265	53.38	M. Mathias		SWA	128,251	37.98	52,014	15.40

See also

• Elections in Tamil Nadu

Bibliography

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

External links

• Website of Election Commission of India
• CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History