Constituency
198. Cuddalore
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-CUDDALORE
IND 42.6%won by 0.0%INC 42.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: TNT (TNT) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 0.0%.
- IND vote shareIND went from 6.3% to 42.6% of the vote here (+36.3%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.1% of the vote between them, up from 47.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 45.6% to 53.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,31,659
Turnout
53.7%
Valid votes
2,31,700
Margin
59
0.03%
Candidates
3 contested · winner IND- 1T. D. MUTHUKUMARASAMY NAIDUIndependent · IND98,60542.6%
- 2S. RADHAKRISHNANIndian National Congress · INC98,54642.5%
- 3N. D. GOVINDASWAMY KACHIRAYARIndependent · IND34,54914.9%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- TNT
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +16.1%
- IND share
- 6.3% → 42.6%
- INC share
- 22.3% → 42.5%
- Turnout
- 99.3% → 53.7%