Election
Constituency

216. Salem

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Madras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-SALEM

INC 47.2%won by 30.2%IND 17.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.3% to 30.2%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.2% between them, down from 83.6% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 10.6% to 45.0%.

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

Electorate
4,01,741
Turnout
45.0%
Valid votes
1,80,883
Margin
54,578
30.17%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1S. V. RAMASAMIIndian National Congress · INC85,34247.2%
  2. 2S. K. BABIE KANDASAMIIndependent · IND30,76417.0%
  3. 3A. GANESASANKARANIndependent · IND29,52916.3%
  4. 4B. V. GOVINDARAJIndependent · IND26,87814.9%
  5. 5MANICKA MUDALIARIndependent · IND8,3704.6%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
+24.8%
INC share
44.4% → 47.2%
IND share
39.1% → 17.0%
Turnout
55.6% → 45.0%
215. Ramanathapuram217. Srivilliputhur
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