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Indian general election in Madras, 1967

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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 K. Kamaraj 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

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.

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)		Puchalapalli Sundarayya	6
Unrecognized parties, whose candidates ran as an independent supported by DMK
4.		Indian Union Muslim League		Muhammed Ismail	1

Congress

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

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

• 1967 Indian general election by state or union territory
• 1967 Indian general election
• Indian general elections in Tamil Nadu