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226. Tirunelveli

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Madras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-TIRUNELVELI

INC 50.7%won by 24.7%IND 26.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.3% to 24.7%.

  • TurnoutTurnout fell 8.4% to 46.8%.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
4,45,857
Turnout
46.8%
Valid votes
2,08,476
Margin
51,474
24.69%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1P. T. THANU PILLAIIndian National Congress · INC1,05,79350.7%
  2. 2SANKARANARAYANA MOOPANARIndependent · IND54,31926.1%
  3. 3RAMANUJAMPraja Socialist Party · PSP30,60314.7%
  4. 4SIVASANKARAN CHETTIARIndependent · IND17,7618.5%
  5. 5KANNAPPA PILLAIIndependent · IND00.0%
  6. 6MEGANATHANIndependent · IND00.0%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
+17.4%
INC share
44.3% → 50.7%
IND share
37.0% → 26.1%
Turnout
55.1% → 46.8%
225. Tiruchirappalli227. Tiruppattur
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