Elections Archive

GEN · Madras

COIMBATORE

P. R. Ramakrishnan (INC) won by 42,561 votes (11.0%).

Electors
5,09,869
Votes polled
3,98,104
Valid votes
3,86,626
Turnout
78.1%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1962-03-19

Margin vs 1962 national median: 11.0% (median 12.2%). Back to Madras · 1962 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Comfortable (10–20%)Flipped vs 1962
Margin · 1967
15.9%(+4.8%)
Turnout
76.2%(-1.9%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
100.0%

Winning margin over time · COIMBATORE

19571962196716%

Candidates

Candidates · COIMBATORE 1962
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1P. R. RamakrishnanWinnerINC1,51,01939.1%
2Parvathi KrishnanCPI1,08,45828.1%
3K. SundaramSWA74,93219.4%
4SomasundaramDMK41,72410.8%
5V. N. ArunachyalamSOC7,5161.9%
6S. ArumughamIND2,9770.8%

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