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196. Chidambaram

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Madras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-CHIDAMBARAM

INC 23.2%won by 0.1%INC 23.1%

What the numbers say

Derived

Decided by 912 votes (0.12%) — among the closest results anywhere.

  • Multi-cornered6 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
8,40,006
Turnout
90.5%
Valid votes
7,60,540
Margin
912
0.12%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1R. KANAGASABAI PILLAIIndian National Congress · INC1,76,50123.2%
  2. 2ELAYAPERUMALIndian National Congress · INC1,75,58923.1%
  3. 3ARUMUGHAMIndependent · IND1,18,49115.6%
  4. 4DANDAPANI PADYACHAIIndependent · IND1,09,52114.4%
  5. 5KULANDAIMOOPANIndependent · IND85,94311.3%
  6. 6KATTIMUTHUIndependent · IND62,1148.2%
  7. 7KALIAMURTHIIndependent · IND32,3814.3%
  8. 8SIVASUBRANANIANIndependent · IND00.0%
195. Chengalpattu197. Coimbatore
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