General Elections
Elections over the years
V.M. RAJASEKHAR

1962: In Madras city, posters banners and symbols of the Congress, the Swatantra Party, the DMK and the Tamil national parties make their presence felt as campaigning picks up closer to the polling date in February. Of the 41 seats in the State, the Congress won 31, the last time that it won 30 or more seats on its own in the State.
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Congress leadership issue, March 1967: The political drama in New Delhi ended to everyone's satisfaction on March 11 after Congress president K. Kamaraj worked tirelessly to find common ground, and this resulted in Morarji Desai withdrawing his candidature and ending the need for an election. Indira Gandhi was subsequently re-elected leader at the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting.
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