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
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abdull WahidWinner | INC | 1,14,872 | 41.0% |
| 2 | N. Sivaraj | REP | 90,906 | 32.5% |
| 3 | Rajarathinam | CPI | 47,186 | 16.9% |
| 4 | T. R. Purushotama Reddiar | IND | 6,632 | 2.4% |
| 5 | Vilwanatha Mudaliar | IND | 5,721 | 2.0% |
| 6 | Ganesa Mudaliar | PSP | 5,110 | 1.8% |
| 7 | G. M. Annalthango | IND | 4,871 | 1.7% |
| 8 | Mohamed Pasha | IND | 3,506 | 1.3% |
| 9 | Rangasami Naidu | IND | 1,164 | 0.4% |
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