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Madras · PC 38 · 1952 by-election
Coimbatore
Winner — 1952 by-election
N.M. LINGAM
INC 61.8%CPI 34.2%2 others 4.0%
Votes
92,465
61.8% share
Winning margin
41,327
27.6% of votes
Total votes cast
1,49,639
Candidates
4
Seat history
All Candidates
4 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N.M. LINGAM | 92,46561.8% | |
| 2 | P. KRISHNAN | 51,13834.2% | |
| 3 | P.S. CHINNADURAI | 4,6803.1% | |
| 4 | R. VARADAPPAN | IND | 1,3560.9% |
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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27.6%
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
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Essentially two
INC and CPI took 96% of the votes.
Effective number of parties: 2.00 — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How often does it back the winner?
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…How did the vote split?
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61.8%won by INC
INC 61.8%CPI 34.2%Others 4.0%
Historical constituency — last contested in 1967. Redrawn or abolished in a later delimitation, so it has no present-day district or state context; its full territorial history is above and in the Seat-history drawer.