Constituency
199. Dindigul
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-DINDIGUL
INC 28.0%won by 6.8%INC 21.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.9% to 6.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 49.2% between them, down from 67.9% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 33.9% to 94.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
8,55,235
Turnout
94.2%
Valid votes
8,05,662
Margin
54,515
6.77%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1M. GHULAM MOHIDEENIndian National Congress · INC2,25,51028.0%
- 2S. C. BALAKRISHNAIndian National Congress · INC1,70,99521.2%
- 3KRISHNASAMYCommunist Party of India · CPI1,32,07016.4%
- 4R. MUNIYANDICommunist Party of India · CPI94,03811.7%
- 5A. DESIARIndependent · IND77,6809.6%
- 6PITCHAIMUTHUIndependent · IND63,6457.9%
- 7JANAKAI N. KARUPPA PILLAIIndependent · IND41,7245.2%
- 8G.D. NAIDUIndependent · IND00.0%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–INC swing
- 0.0%
- INC share
- 36.9% → 28.0%
- INC share
- 36.9% → 28.0%
- Turnout
- 60.3% → 94.2%