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Constituency

199. Dindigul

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Madras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-DINDIGUL

INC 28.0%won by 6.8%INC 21.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCINC swing
0.0%
INC share
36.9% 28.0%
INC share
36.9% 28.0%
Turnout
60.3% 94.2%