GEN · Madras
SALEM
K. Rajaram (DMK) won by 63,509 votes (16.5%).
- Electors
- 5,20,373
- Votes polled
- 3,93,435
- Valid votes
- 3,84,419
- Turnout
- 75.6%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1967-02-15
Margin vs 1967 national median: 16.5% (median 11.7%). Back to Madras · 1967 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 | K. RajaramWinner | DMK | 2,19,380 | 57.1% |
| 2 | R. Ramakrishnan | INC | 1,55,871 | 40.5% |
| 3 | R. S. Rao | BJS | 9,168 | 2.4% |
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