GEN · Madras
ERODE
Paramasiva Gounder (INC) won by 39,178 votes (11.4%).
- Electors
- 4,78,370
- Votes polled
- 3,52,663
- Valid votes
- 3,42,567
- Turnout
- 73.7%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1962-03-19
Margin vs 1962 national median: 11.4% (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%)Party held vs 1952
- Margin · 1962
- 11.4%(+9.5%)
- Turnout
- 73.7%(-26.3%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 80.1%
Winning margin over time · ERODE
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paramasiva GounderWinner | INC | 1,56,739 | 45.8% |
| 2 | Narayanan | DMK | 1,17,561 | 34.3% |
| 3 | S. Balasubramaniam | SOC | 37,581 | 11.0% |
| 4 | K. Muthusami Gounder | IND | 16,901 | 4.9% |
| 5 | Chinnasamy | IND | 13,785 | 4.0% |
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