GEN · Madras
RAMANATHAPURAM
N. Arunachalam (INC) won by 30,883 votes (8.7%).
- Electors
- 5,17,361
- Votes polled
- 3,63,620
- Valid votes
- 3,53,453
- Turnout
- 70.3%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1962-03-19
Margin vs 1962 national median: 8.7% (median 12.2%). Back to Madras · 1962 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Competitive (5–10%)Flipped vs 1962
- Margin · 1967
- 8.4%(-0.4%)
- Turnout
- 75.0%(+4.8%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 86.1%
Winning margin over time · RAMANATHAPURAM
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N. ArunachalamWinner | INC | 1,45,396 | 41.1% |
| 2 | Salivateeswaran | SWA | 1,14,513 | 32.4% |
| 3 | Mangalasamy | CPI | 75,089 | 21.2% |
| 4 | Raman Chetty | IND | 10,376 | 2.9% |
| 5 | R. K. Ramakrishnan | IND | 8,079 | 2.3% |
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