GEN · Madras
TIRUNELVELI
Muthiah (INC) won by 22,019 votes (6.9%).
- Electors
- 4,70,895
- Votes polled
- 3,27,373
- Valid votes
- 3,18,371
- Turnout
- 69.5%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1962-03-19
Margin vs 1962 national median: 6.9% (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
- 10.8%(+3.9%)
- Turnout
- 73.7%(+4.2%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 85.4%
Winning margin over time · TIRUNELVELI
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MuthiahWinner | INC | 1,51,822 | 47.7% |
| 2 | Mariadas Ruthnasamy | SWA | 1,29,803 | 40.8% |
| 3 | Mangala Ponnambalam | PSP | 30,674 | 9.6% |
| 4 | S. Rajagopalachari | IND | 6,072 | 1.9% |
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