Constituency
197. Coimbatore
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-COIMBATORE
CPI 47.8%won by 6.5%INC 41.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 6.5%.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 47.8% of the vote here (+47.8%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 41.3% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.0% of the vote between them, up from 0.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 50.0% to 50.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,62,294
Turnout
50.0%
Valid votes
2,31,245
Margin
15,012
6.49%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPI- 1PARVATICommunist Party of India · CPI1,10,45447.8%
- 2P. S. RANGASAMIIndian National Congress · INC95,44241.3%
- 3PALANISAMIIndependent · IND25,34911.0%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–INC swing
- +6.5%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 47.8%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 41.3%
- Turnout
- 0.0% → 50.0%