Constituency
215. Ramanathapuram
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-RAMANATHAPURAM
INC 37.6%won by 16.4%IND 21.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1P. SUBBIAH AMBALAMIndian National Congress · INC89,70137.6%
- 2R. K. RAMAKRISHNANIndependent · IND50,66821.2%
- 3P. CHELLATHURAIIndependent · IND40,46417.0%
- 4R. H. NATHANCommunist Party of India · CPI38,12216.0%
- 5D. L. NAGASUNDARAMIndependent · IND19,5478.2%
- 6SINGARAYANIndependent · IND00.0%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −25.3%
- INC share
- 56.4% → 37.6%
- IND share
- 14.7% → 21.2%
- Turnout
- 53.8% → 50.9%