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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1962

Valavanur

Assembly constituency 49 · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 1962

[01]Result · 1962

#49
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants2
Electors1,02,634
Votes polled70,298
Turnout68.5%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerK. M. Krishna KounderIndian National Congress38,58054.9% of votes
MARGIN6,862 votes · 9.8 pp38,580 − 31,718
Runner-upA. Govindasamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam31,71845.1% of votes
INC 54.9% of top-two votesDMK 45.1%

All candidates 2

  1. 01 K. M. Krishna KounderINC38,580 54.9%
  2. 02 A. GovindasamyDMK31,718 45.1%

Turnout 68.5%

025507510068.5%TURNOUT◦ state median 69.2%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 206 seats, 196269.2%
  • ReconciliationΣ 2 candidates = 70,298Verified

Seat history 2026–1962

  1. 2026
    7.6 pp
    Veeramani K.C.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  2. 2021
    0.6 pp
    Devaraji.K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  3. 2016
    6.1 pp
    Veeramani.K.C.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  4. 2011
    14.7 pp
    Veeramani, K.C.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  5. 2006
    8.7 pp
    Sivanandam. RDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  6. 2001
    10.3 pp
    Ramachandran.K.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  7. 1996
    14.2 pp
    R. SivanandamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  8. 1991
    29.1 pp
    Jaison Jacob I.R.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  9. 1989
    7.0 pp
    Dayalan, A.C.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  10. 1984
    10.7 pp
    M. ChinnakulandaiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  11. 1980
    5.8 pp
    Shanmugam, A. CAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  12. 1977
    11.1 pp
    V. ArjunanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  13. 1971
    24.4 pp
    P. U. ShanmugamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  14. 1967
    4.1 pp
    D. VijayarajIndian National Congress
  15. 1962
    9.8 pp
    K. M. Krishna KounderIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 29.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Turnout of 68.5% was 0.7 pp below the state's median seat (69.2%).

    68.5 − 69.2 = −0.7

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 2 candidate lines70,298
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled70,298
  • Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1962 · Tamil Nadu · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates2 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 206 seats on the Tamil Nadu Vidhan Sabha 1962 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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