Constituency
195. Chengalpattu
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-CHENGALPATTU
IND 26.8%won by 0.2%INC 26.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 0.2%.
- IND vote shareIND went from 0.0% to 26.8% of the vote here (+26.8%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 53.4% between them, down from 63.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 42.5% to 87.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
8,02,716
Turnout
87.6%
Valid votes
7,02,997
Margin
1,728
0.25%
Candidates
5 contested · winner IND- 1DR. A. KRISHNASWAMYIndependent · IND1,88,48126.8%
- 2O. V. ALAGESA MUDALIARIndian National Congress · INC1,86,75326.6%
- 3N. SIVARAJIndependent · IND1,53,74121.9%
- 4R. MARAGATHAM CHANDRASEKARIndian National Congress · INC1,48,67521.1%
- 5R. RAJARAMIndependent · IND25,3473.6%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +36.8%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 26.8%
- INC share
- 36.5% → 26.6%
- Turnout
- 45.1% → 87.6%