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Madras · PC 32 · 1956 by-election
Dharamapuri
Winner — 1956 by-election
T.A.M.S. CHETTIAR
INC 63.4%IND 17.7%2 others 18.9%
Votes
38,983
63.4% share
Winning margin
28,077
45.6% of votes
Total votes cast
61,501
Candidates
4
Seat history
All Candidates
4 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T.A.M.S. CHETTIAR | 38,98363.4% | |
| 2 | M.G.N. CHETTIAR | IND | 10,90617.7% |
| 3 | G.A. VADIVELU | 9,84816.0% | |
| 4 | P.U.T.V.A. CHETTIAR | IND | 1,7642.9% |
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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45.6%
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
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Essentially two
INC and an independent took 81% of the votes.
Effective number of parties: 2.18 — 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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63.4%won by INC
INC 63.4%IND 17.7%PSP 16.0%Others 2.9%
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.