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Constituency

222. Tindivanam

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Madras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-TINDIVANAM

IND 36.4%won by 4.3%IND 32.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: TNT (TNT) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 4.3%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 4.4% to 36.4% of the vote here (+31.9%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from TNT (TNT) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 68.4% of the vote between them, up from 55.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 61.0% to 48.5%.

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

Electorate
4,18,327
Turnout
48.5%
Valid votes
2,02,831
Margin
8,725
4.30%

Candidates

3 contested · winner IND
  1. 1SHANMUGHAMIndependent · IND73,73736.4%
  2. 2V. MUNUSAMIIndependent · IND65,01232.1%
  3. 3NAGARAJANIndian National Congress · INC64,08231.6%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
TNT
Winner now
INDflipped
INDIND swing
0.0%
IND share
4.4% 36.4%
IND share
4.4% 36.4%
Turnout
109.4% 48.5%