1967
19621957Total Constituencies: 36
Madras Lok Sabha Election 1967 covered all 36 parliamentary constituencies in the state. The INC received the highest statewide vote share at 41.69% and won 3 seats, while the DMK received 35.78% of the vote and won 23 seats. The SWA won 5 seats with 9.16% of the vote.
The table below shows party-wise results based on total votes received across Madras.
| Party Name | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Vote Share | Vote Share on Contested | Total Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 3 | 41.69% | 41.69% | 64,36,710 | |
| 24 | 23 | 35.78% | 51.40% | 55,24,514 | |
| SWA | 8 | 5 | 9.16% | 35.98% | 14,14,208 |
| CPM | 5 | 4 | 6.85% | 36.83% | 10,57,542 |
| IND | 21 | 1 | 4.07% | 7.59% | 6,29,040 |
| 7 | 0 | 1.94% | 9.54% | 2,99,841 |
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Margin(%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | |||
| Madras North | K. Manoharan | DMK | 2,27,783 | S. C. C. A. Pillai | INC | 1,66,449 | 61,334 | 15.17 |
| Madras South | C. N. Annadurai | DMK | 2,48,099 | K. Gurumurti | INC | 1,66,121 | 81,978 | 19.62 |
| Sriperumbudur (Sc) | P. Sivasankaran | DMK | 2,71,528 | K. Sambandan | INC | 1,69,763 | 1,01,765 | 22.72 |
| Chingleput | C. C. Babu | DMK | 2,55,845 | D. V. Alagesan | INC | 1,50,114 | 1,05,731 | 25.34 |
| Tiruttani | S. K. Sambandhan | DMK | 2,25,229 | A. Krishnaswamy | INC | 1,49,680 | 75,549 | 18.65 |
| Vellore (Sc) | Kuchelar | DMK | 2,03,887 | A. Jayaraman | INC | 1,34,155 | 69,732 | 19.09 |
| Tirupattur | R. M. Gounder | DMK | 1,88,309 | T. A. Wahid | INC | 1,59,078 | 29,231 | 8.42 |
| Wandiwash | G. Viswanathan | DMK | 2,13,537 | M. K. Gounder | INC | 1,32,878 | 80,659 | 20.87 |
| Tindivanam | T. D. R. Naidu | DMK | 2,01,009 | Lakshminarayanan | INC | 1,68,939 | 32,070 | 7.9 |
| Cuddalore | V. K. Gounder | DMK | 2,25,571 | S. Radhakrishnan | INC | 1,77,598 | 47,973 | 11.9 |
| Chidambaram (Sc) | V. Mayavan | DMK | 2,05,193 | L. Elayaperumal | INC | 1,87,764 | 17,429 | 4.44 |
| Kallakurichi | M. Deiveekan | DMK | 1,93,043 | K. Parthasarathy | INC | 1,66,520 | 26,523 | 7.26 |
| Krishnagiri | M. Kamalanathan | DMK | 1,65,079 | T. S. Pattabiraman | INC | 1,46,785 | 18,294 | 5.63 |
| Salem | K. Rajaram | DMK | 2,19,380 | R. Ramakrishnan | INC | 1,55,871 | 63,509 | 16.52 |
| Mettur | S. Kandappan | DMK | 1,84,004 | G. Venkatraman | INC | 1,27,159 | 56,845 | 16.42 |
| Tiruchengode | K. Anbazhagan | DMK | 2,32,365 | T. M. Kaliannan | INC | 1,84,114 | 48,251 | 11.48 |
| Nilgiris | M. K. N. Gowder | SWA | 1,67,712 | A. Devi | INC | 1,48,010 | 19,702 | 5.65 |
| Coimbatore | K. Ramani | CPM | 2,40,856 | N. Mahalingam | INC | 1,74,935 | 65,921 | 15.86 |
| Pollachi | Narayanan | DMK | 2,37,035 | S. K. Paramasivam | INC | 1,55,281 | 81,754 | 20.2 |
| Dharapuram (Sc) | C. T. Dhandapani | DMK | 2,59,768 | S.R. Arumugham | INC | 1,48,902 | 1,10,866 | 26.62 |
| Gobichettipalayam | P. A. Saminathan | DMK | 2,03,798 | C. Subramaniam | INC | 1,54,853 | 48,945 | 13.09 |
| Periyakulam | H. Ajmalkhan | SWA | 1,83,593 | M. Ibrahim | INC | 1,55,972 | 27,621 | 6.82 |
| Dindigul | P. Ramamurti | CPM | 2,61,390 | N. Anbuchezhian | DMK | 2,60,065 | 1,325 | 0.1 |
| Tiruchirapalli | K. A. Nambiar | CPM | 2,02,879 | V. A. Muthiah | INC | 2,00,334 | 2,545 | 0.64 |
| Perambalur (Sc) | A. Durairasu | DMK | 2,29,941 | P. K. Ramaswamy | INC | 1,96,113 | 33,828 | 7.94 |
| Pudukkottai | R. Umanath | CPM | 1,99,469 | A. N. Chettiar | INC | 1,90,087 | 9,382 | 2.27 |
| Kumbakonam | S. Era | DMK | 2,13,866 | C. R. P. Raman | INC | 1,93,827 | 20,039 | 4.7 |
| Mayuram (Sc) | K. Subravelu | DMK | 2,09,660 | M. Chandrasekhar | INC | 1,57,616 | 52,044 | 14.18 |
| Nagapattinam | V. Sambasivam | INC | 1,64,167 | V. P. Chintan | CPM | 1,52,948 | 11,219 | 2.85 |
| Thanjavur | D.S. Gopalar | DMK | 2,25,414 | Kiruttinan | DMK | 2,25,106 | 308 | 0.04 |
| Ramanathapuram | M. Sheriff | IND | 1,80,392 | S. Balakrishnan | INC | 1,48,367 | 32,025 | 8.39 |
| Sivakasi | P. Ramamoorthy | SWA | 1,94,364 | P. A.Nadar | INC | 1,62,692 | 31,672 | 7.67 |
| Tirunelveli | S. Xavier | SWA | 1,86,864 | A. P. C. Veerabahu | INC | 1,44,873 | 41,991 | 10.81 |
| Tenkasi (Sc) | R. S. Arumugam | INC | 1,66,737 | Velu | SWA | 1,60,991 | 5,746 | 1.43 |
| Tiruchendur | Santosham | SWA | 1,83,053 | K. T. Kosalram | INC | 1,82,659 | 394 | 0.11 |
| Nagercoil | A. Nesamony | INC | 1,80,265 | M. Mathias | SWA | 1,28,251 | 52,014 | 15.4 |