Constituency
228. Vellore
Community mirrorMadras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-VELLORE
INC 19.2%won by 2.4%INC 16.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 3.2% to 2.4%.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.3% to 93.6%.
- Multi-cornered7 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
8,01,572
Turnout
93.6%
Valid votes
7,50,365
Margin
18,245
2.43%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1N. R. MUNISAMYIndian National Congress · INC1,44,37719.2%
- 2M. MUTHUKRISHNANIndian National Congress · INC1,26,13216.8%
- 3G. M. ANNALTHANGOIndependent · IND1,17,68015.7%
- 4J. P. GANESHA MUDALIARIndependent · IND1,02,61913.7%
- 5M. KRISHNASAMIIndependent · IND89,31111.9%
- 6SAMBANDA MUDALIARIndependent · IND74,5019.9%
- 7A. JAYARAMANIndependent · IND57,4257.7%
- 8V. R. VENKATESANIndependent · IND22,9703.1%
- 9R. T. S. MOORTHYIndependent · IND15,3502.0%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–INC swing
- 0.0%
- INC share
- 20.9% → 19.2%
- INC share
- 20.9% → 19.2%
- Turnout
- 91.3% → 93.6%