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
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P. R. RamakrishnanWinner | INC | 1,51,019 | 39.1% |
| 2 | Parvathi Krishnan | CPI | 1,08,458 | 28.1% |
| 3 | K. Sundaram | SWA | 74,932 | 19.4% |
| 4 | Somasundaram | DMK | 41,724 | 10.8% |
| 5 | V. N. Arunachyalam | SOC | 7,516 | 1.9% |
| 6 | S. Arumugham | IND | 2,977 | 0.8% |
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