1967 Indian general election in Madras State

For State Assembly election, see 1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election.

The 1967 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. The result was a huge victory for Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, led by C.N. Annadurai and its ally Swatantra Party, led by C. Rajagopalachari. Madras was the first and one of few states, where a non-Congress Party won more seats than Congress in a state. A huge wave of anti-incumbency against the Congress was present in Madras, 1967, which led to the defeat of the popular leader K. Kamaraj and his party in both the state and national elections, won by DMK and its allies. After this election, the DMK supported the Congress party under Indira Gandhi.

Indian general election in Madras, 1967

← 1962 February 1967 1971 →
39 (of 520) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered	20,796,700
Turnout	15,922,449 (76.56%) 7.79%
First party Second party   Leader C.N. Annadurai M. Bhaktavatsalam Party DMK INC Leader's seat Madras South Did not contest Seats won 36 3 Seat change 29 28 Popular vote 8,176,656 6,436,710 Percentage 52.96% 41.69% Swing 22.48% 3.57%
Tamil Nadu
Prime Minister before election Indira Gandhi INC Prime Minister after election Indira Gandhi INC

Seat Allotment

United Front

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		C. N. Annadurai	25
2.		Swatantra Party		C. Rajagopalachari	7
3.		Communist Party of India (Marxist)		M. R. Venkataraman	6
Unrecognized parties, whose candidates ran as an independent supported by DMK
4.		Indian Union Muslim League		Muhammed Ismail	1

Congress

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Indian National Congress		K. Kamaraj	39

Voting and results

Alliance		Party		Popular Vote	Percentage	Swing	Seats won	Seat Change
	United Front		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	5,524,514	35.78%	17.14%	25	18
			Swatantra Party	1,414,208	9.16%	1.31%	6	6
			Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1,057,542	6.85%	new party	4	new party
			Independent	180,392	1.17%	0.20%	1	1
			Total	8,176,656	52.96%	22.48%	36	29
	Indian National Congress			6,436,710	41.69%	3.57%	3	28
	Communist Party of India			299,841	1.69%	8.55%	0	2
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh			33,626	0.22%	0.18%	0
	Republican Party of India			31,451	0.20%	1.54%	0
	Praja Socialist Party			12,162	0.08%	1.60%	0
	Independents			448,648	3.16%	4.35%	0
Total				15,439,094	100.00%		39	2
Valid Votes				15,439,094	96.96%
Invalid Votes				483,355	3.04%
Total Votes				15,922,449	100.00%
Registered Voters/Turnout				20,796,700	76.56%	7.79%

List of Elected MPs

Constituency	Winner	Party	Margin	Runner-upa	Partya
Madras North	Krishnan Manoharan	DMK	61,334	S. C. C. A. Pillai	INC
Madras South	C. N. Annadurai	DMK	81,978	K. Gurumurti	INC
Sriperumbudur (SC)	P. Sivasankaran	DMK	101,765	K. Sambandan	INC
Chengalpattu	C. Chitti Babu	DMK	105,731	O. V. Alagesan	INC
Tiruttani	S. K. Sambandhan	DMK	75,549	A. Krishnaswamy	INC
Vellore (SC)	Kuchelar	DMK	69,732	A. Jayaraman	INC
Tiruppattur	R. Muthu Gounder	DMK	29,231	T. A. Wahid	INC
Vandavasi	G. Viswanathan	DMK	80,659	M. K. Gounder	INC
Tindivanam	T. D. R. Naidu	DMK	32,070	Lakshmi Narayanan	INC
Cuddalore	V. K. Gounder	DMK	47,973	S. Radhakrishnan	INC
Chidambaram (SC)	V. Mayavan	DMK	17,429	L. Elaya Perumal	INC
Kallakurichi	M. Deiveekan	DMK	26,523	K. Parthasarathy	INC
Krishnagiri	M. Kamalanathan	DMK	18,294	T. S. Pattabiraman	INC
Salem	K. Rajaram	DMK	63,509	R. Ramakrishnan	INC
Mettur	S. Kandappan	DMK	56,845	G. Venkataraman	INC
Tiruchengode	K. Anbazhagan	DMK	48,251	T. M. Kaliannan	INC
Nilgiris	M. K. N. Gounder	SWA	19,702	A. Devi	INC
Coimbatore	K. Ramani	CPM	65,921	N. Mahalingam	INC
Pollachi	Narayanan	DMK	81,754	S. K. Paramasivam	INC
Dharapuram (SC)	C. T. Dhandapani	DMK	110,866	S. R. Arumugam	INC
Gobichettipalayam	P. A. Saminathan	DMK	48,945	C. Subramaniam	INC
Periyakulam	H. Ajmal Khan	SWA	27,621	M. Ibrahim	INC
Dindigul	N. Anbuchezhian	DMK	103,346	T. S. Soundram	INC
Madurai	P. Ramamurti	CPM	105,468	S. C. Thevar	INC
Karur	M. Gounder	SWA	23,718	R. Chettiar	INC
Tiruchirappalli	K. A. Nambiar	CPM	2,545	V. A. Muthiah	INC
Perambalur (SC)	A. Durairaju	DMK	33,828	P. K. Ramaswamy	INC
Pudukkottai	R. Umanath	CPM	9,382	A. N. Chettiar	INC
Kumbakonam	S. Era	DMK	20,039	C. R. P. Raman	INC
Mayuram (SC)	K. Subravelu	DMK	52,044	Maragatham Chandrasekhar	INC
Nagapattinam	V. Sambasivam	INC	11,219	V. P. Chintan	CPM
Thanjavur	D. S. Gopalar	DMK	22,574	R. Venkataraman	INC
Sivaganga	Tha. Kiruttinan	DMK	58,217	Subramanian	INC
Ramanathapuram	S. M. Muhammed Sheriff	IND/ML	32,025	S. Balakrishnan	INC
Sivakasi	P. Ramamoorthy	SWA	31,672	P. A. Nadar	INC
Tirunelveli	S. Xavier	SWA	41,991	A. P. C. Veerabahu	INC
Tenkasi (SC)	R. S. Arumugam	INC	5,746	Velu	SWA
Tiruchendur	Santhosam	SWA	394	K. T. Kosalram	INC
Nagercoil	A. Nesamony	INC	52,014	M. Mathias	SWA

See also

• Elections in Tamil Nadu

Bibliography

Volume I, 1967 Indian general election, 4th Lok Sabha

External links

• Website of Election Commission of India
• CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History