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 Seats1. C. N. Annadurai 252. C. Rajagopalachari 73. Communist Party of India (Marxist) M. R. Venkataraman6Unrecognized parties, whose candidates ran as an independent supported by DMK4. Muhammed Ismail 1
Congress No. Party Election Symbol Leader Seats1. K. Kamaraj 39
Voting and results
AlliancePartyPopular VotePercentageSwingSeats wonSeat ChangeUnited FrontDravida Munnetra Kazhagam5,524,51435.78%17.14%2518Swatantra Party1,414,2089.16%1.31%66Communist Party of India (Marxist)1,057,5426.85%new party4new partyIndependent180,3921.17%0.20%11Total8,176,65652.96%22.48%3629Indian National Congress6,436,71041.69%3.57%328Communist Party of India299,8411.69%8.55%02Bharatiya Jana Sangh33,6260.22%0.18%0Republican Party of India31,4510.20%1.54%0Praja Socialist Party12,1620.08%1.60%0Independents448,6483.16%4.35%0Total15,439,094100.00%392Valid Votes15,439,09496.96%Invalid Votes483,3553.04%Total Votes15,922,449100.00%Registered Voters/Turnout20,796,70076.56%7.79%
List of Elected MPs Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Madras NorthK. ManoharanDMK227,78356.32S. C. C. A. PillaiINC166,44941.1561,33415.172Madras SouthC. N. AnnaduraiDMK248,09959.38K. GurumurtiINC166,12139.7681,97819.623Sriperumbudur (SC)P. SivasankaranDMK271,52860.61K. SambandanINC169,76337.89101,76522.724ChingleputC. C. BabuDMK255,84561.32D. V. AlagesanINC150,11435.98105,73125.345TiruttaniS. K. SambandhanDMK225,22955.61A. KrishnaswamyINC149,68036.9675,54918.656Vellore (SC)KuchelarDMK203,88755.83A. JayaramanINC134,15536.7469,73219.097TirupatturR. M. GounderDMK188,30954.21T. A. WahidINC159,07845.7929,2318.428WandiwashG. ViswanathanDMK213,53755.26M. K. GounderINC132,87834.3980,65920.879TindivanamT. D. R. NaiduDMK201,00949.54LakshminarayananINC168,93941.6432,0707.9010CuddaloreV. K. GounderDMK225,57155.95S. RadhakrishnanINC177,59844.0547,97311.9011Chidambaram (SC)V. MayavanDMK205,19352.22L. ElayaperumalINC187,76447.7817,4294.4412KallakurichiM. DeiveekanDMK193,04352.81K. ParthasarathyINC166,52045.5526,5237.2613KrishnagiriM. KamalanathanDMK165,07950.78T. S. PattabiramanINC146,78545.1518,2945.6314SalemK. RajaramDMK219,38057.07R. RamakrishnanINC155,87140.5563,50916.5215MetturS. KandappanDMK184,00453.14G. VenkatramanINC127,15936.7256,84516.4216TiruchengodeK. AnbazhaganDMK232,36555.29T. M. KaliannanINC184,11443.8148,25111.4817NilgirisM. K. N. GowderSWA167,71248.06A. DeviINC148,01042.4119,7025.6518CoimbatoreK. RamaniCPI(M)240,85657.93N. MahalingamINC174,93542.0765,92115.8619PollachiNarayananDMK237,03558.56S. K. ParamasivamINC155,28138.3681,75420.2020Dharapuram (SC)C. T. DhandapaniDMK259,76862.39S. R. ArumughamINC148,90235.77110,86626.6221GobichettipalayamP. A. SaminathanDMK203,79854.51C. SubramaniamINC154,85341.4248,94513.0922PeriyakulamH. AjmalkhanSWA183,59345.34M. IbrahimINC155,97238.5227,6216.8223DindigulN. AnbuchezhianDMK260,06562.40T. S. S. RamachndranINC156,71937.60103,34624.8024MaduraiP. RamamurtiCPI(M)261,39060.18S. C. ThevarINC155,92235.90105,46824.2825KarurM. GounderSWA209,38053.00R. ChettiarINC185,66247.0023,7186.0026TiruchirapalliK. A. NambiarCPI(M)202,87950.32V. A. MuthiahINC200,33449.682,5450.6427Perambalur (SC)A. DurairasuDMK229,94153.97P. K. RamaswamyINC196,11346.0333,8287.9428PudukkottaiR. UmanathCPI(M)199,46948.25A. N. ChettiarINC190,08745.989,3822.2729KumbakonamS. EraDMK213,86650.19C. R. P. RamanINC193,82745.4920,0394.7030Mayuram (SC)K. SubraveluDMK209,66057.09M. ChandrasekharINC157,61642.9152,04414.1831NagapattinamV. SambasivamINC164,16741.78V. P. ChintanCPI(M)152,94838.9311,2192.8532ThanjavurD. S. GopalarDMK225,41452.64R. VenkataramanINC202,84047.3622,5745.2833SivagangaKiruttinanDMK225,10653.17SubramanianINC166,88939.4258,21713.7534RamanathapuramM. SheriffIND180,39247.23S. BalakrishnanINC148,36738.8432,0258.3935SivakasiP. RamamoorthySWA194,36447.08P. A. NadarINC162,69239.4131,6727.6736TirunelveliS. XavierSWA186,86448.12A. P. C. VeerabahuINC144,87337.3141,99110.8137Tenkasi (SC)R. S. ArumugamINC166,73741.52VeluSWA160,99140.095,7461.4338TiruchendurSantoshamSWA183,05346.90K. T. KosalramINC182,65946.793940.1139NagercoilA. NesamonyINC180,26553.38M. MathiasSWA128,25137.9852,01415.40
Notes
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