GEN · Madras
TIRUVANNAMALAI
Dharmalingam (DMK) won by 3,726 votes (1.3%).
- Electors
- 4,49,968
- Votes polled
- 2,99,735
- Valid votes
- 2,88,356
- Turnout
- 66.6%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1962-03-19
Margin vs 1962 national median: 1.3% (median 12.2%). Back to Madras · 1962 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Knife-edge (<2%)
- Margin · 1962
- 1.3%
- Turnout
- 66.6%
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 96.7%
Winning margin over time · TIRUVANNAMALAI
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DharmalingamWinner | DMK | 1,41,254 | 49.0% |
| 2 | G. Neelakantan | INC | 1,37,528 | 47.7% |
| 3 | Arjuna Gounder | IND | 9,574 | 3.3% |
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