Constituency

220. Thiruvallur

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Madras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-THIRUVALLUR

INC 64.9%won by 29.8%IND 35.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.2% to 29.8%.

Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 32.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
TurnoutTurnout fell 41.6% to 45.8%.

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

Electorate

4,05,032

Turnout

45.8%

Valid votes

1,85,446

Margin

55,280

29.81%