Constituency
217. Srivilliputhur
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-SRIVILLIPUTHUR
IND 24.2%won by 4.6%INC 19.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 4.6%.
- IND vote shareIND went from 34.7% to 24.2% of the vote here (−10.6%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 43.8% between them, down from 81.5% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 31.6% to 97.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
8,76,837
Turnout
97.7%
Valid votes
8,56,319
Margin
39,323
4.59%
Candidates
8 contested · winner IND- 1U. MUTHURAMALINGA THEVARIndependent · IND2,06,99924.2%
- 2S. S. NATARAJANIndian National Congress · INC1,67,67619.6%
- 3R. S. ARUMUGAMIndian National Congress · INC1,50,08717.5%
- 4A. VELUIndependent · IND1,33,99615.6%
- 5V. V. RAMASAMYIndependent · IND80,2279.4%
- 6M. RAMADOSSCommunist Party of India · CPI51,1556.0%
- 7K. S. KRISHNANIndependent · IND37,8864.4%
- 8A. SRINIVASANCommunist Party of India · CPI28,2933.3%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +16.6%
- IND share
- 34.7% → 24.2%
- INC share
- 46.8% → 19.6%
- Turnout
- 66.0% → 97.7%