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Madras · PC 16 · 1957 by-election
Tanjore
Winner — 1957 by-election
A.V. SERVAI
INC 54.4%CPI 38.6%1 other 7.0%
Votes
65,845
54.4% share
Winning margin
19,150
15.8% of votes
Total votes cast
1,21,023
Candidates
3
Seat history
All Candidates
3 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A.V. SERVAI | 65,84554.4% | |
| 2 | M.C.K. THEVAR | 46,69538.6% | |
| 3 | T.S. RAMACHANDRAN | IND | 8,4837.0% |
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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15.8%
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
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Essentially two
INC and CPI took 93% of the votes.
Effective number of parties: 2.22 — 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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54.4%won by INC
INC 54.4%CPI 38.6%IND 7.0%
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.