Elections Archive

SC · Madras

VELLORE

Abdull Wahid (INC) won by 23,966 votes (8.6%).

Electors
4,34,404
Votes polled
2,91,327
Valid votes
2,79,968
Turnout
67.1%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1962-03-19

Margin vs 1962 national median: 8.6% (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
19.1%(+10.5%)
Turnout
75.2%(+8.2%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
92.6%

Winning margin over time · VELLORE

195219571962196719%

Candidates

Candidates · VELLORE 1962
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Abdull WahidWinnerINC1,14,87241.0%
2N. SivarajREP90,90632.5%
3RajarathinamCPI47,18616.9%
4T. R. Purushotama ReddiarIND6,6322.4%
5Vilwanatha MudaliarIND5,7212.0%
6Ganesa MudaliarPSP5,1101.8%
7G. M. AnnalthangoIND4,8711.7%
8Mohamed PashaIND3,5061.3%
9Rangasami NaiduIND1,1640.4%

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