GEN · Madras
SALEM
S. V. Ramaswamy (INC) won by 11,738 votes (3.9%).
- Electors
- 4,40,434
- Votes polled
- 3,06,635
- Valid votes
- 2,98,991
- Turnout
- 69.6%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1962-03-19
Margin vs 1962 national median: 3.9% (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
- 16.5%(+12.6%)
- Turnout
- 75.6%(+6.0%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 97.6%
Winning margin over time · SALEM
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S. V. RamaswamyWinner | INC | 1,47,525 | 49.3% |
| 2 | K. Rajagopal | DMK | 1,35,787 | 45.4% |
| 3 | R. K. Periasamy | IND | 5,605 | 1.9% |
| 4 | T. S. Periasami | IND | 5,493 | 1.8% |
| 5 | J. Srinivasan | JS | 4,581 | 1.5% |
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