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Constituency

215. Ramanathapuram

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Madras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-RAMANATHAPURAM

INC 37.6%won by 16.4%IND 21.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.6% to 16.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from KMPP (KMPP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.9% between them, down from 79.2% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.9% to 50.9%.

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

Electorate
4,68,851
Turnout
50.9%
Valid votes
2,38,502
Margin
39,033
16.37%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−25.3%
INC share
56.4% 37.6%
IND share
14.7% 21.2%
Turnout
53.8% 50.9%