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Madras · PC 10 · 1957

Salem

Winner — Lok Sabha 1957

S. V. RAMASAMI
Indian National Congress
INC 47.2%IND 17.0%3 others 35.8%
Votes
85,342
47.2% share
Winning margin
54,578
30.2% of votes
Total votes cast
1,80,883
Candidates
5
Seat history
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All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
S. V. RAMASAMI
INC
85,34247.2%
2
S. K. BABIE KANDASAMI
IND
30,76417.0%
3
A. GANESASANKARAN
IND
29,52916.3%
4
B. V. GOVINDARAJ
IND
26,87814.9%
5
MANICKA MUDALIAR
IND
8,3704.6%

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.

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An essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
30.2%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 18.4% · min 11.3% · max 30.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.97
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

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— NOT REPORTED

How often does it back the winner?

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neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.97EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 47.2%IND 17.0%IND 16.3%IND 14.9%OTH 4.6%

Who ran, on record?

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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.

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