GEN · Madras
TIRUCHENDUR
Santosham (SWA) won by 394 votes (0.1%).
- Electors
- 5,48,835
- Votes polled
- 3,99,984
- Valid votes
- 3,90,339
- Turnout
- 72.9%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1967-02-15
Margin vs 1967 national median: 0.1% (median 11.7%). Back to Madras · 1967 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Knife-edge (<2%)Flipped vs 1962
- Margin · 1967
- 0.1%
- Turnout
- 72.9%(+72.9%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 93.7%
Winning margin over time · TIRUCHENDUR
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SantoshamWinner | SWA | 1,83,053 | 46.9% |
| 2 | K. T. Kosalram | INC | 1,82,659 | 46.8% |
| 3 | S. Sooriamuthu | IND | 11,662 | 3.0% |
| 4 | P. Ratnaraj | IND | 10,446 | 2.7% |
| 5 | G. Shanmugasundaram | IND | 2,519 | 0.6% |
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