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202. Krishnagiri

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Madras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-KRISHNAGIRI

INC 40.0%won by 0.3%IND 39.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.2% to 0.3%.

  • TurnoutTurnout fell 9.2% to 32.3%.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 367 votes (0.25%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
4,46,928
Turnout
32.3%
Valid votes
1,44,194
Margin
367
0.25%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1C. R. NARSIMHANIndian National Congress · INC57,68340.0%
  2. 2G. D. NAIDUIndependent · IND57,31639.7%
  3. 3R. MUTHULINGAMIndependent · IND15,60710.8%
  4. 4R. JAGANNATHANIndependent · IND13,5889.4%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−4.0%
INC share
41.9% → 40.0%
IND share
37.7% → 39.7%
Turnout
41.4% → 32.3%
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