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Madras · PC 26 · 1956 by-election
Tiruvallur
Winner — 1956 by-election
R.G. NAIDU
INC 85.3%IND 6.7%2 others 8.0%
Votes
95,838
85.3% share
Winning margin
88,291
78.5% of votes
Total votes cast
1,12,412
Candidates
4
Seat history
All Candidates
4 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R.G. NAIDU | 95,83885.3% | |
| 2 | G. RAJAMANNAR | IND | 7,5476.7% |
| 3 | R. LOGANATHAN | IND | 7,0886.3% |
| 4 | SUBBURATHINAM | IND | 1,9391.7% |
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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78.5%
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
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Essentially one
INC took 85% of the votes.
Effective number of parties: 1.36 — 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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85.3%won by INC
INC 85.3%IND 6.7%IND 6.3%Others 1.7%
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.