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Madras · PC 11 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Chidambaram

Winner — Lok Sabha 1957

R. KANAGASABAI PILLAI
Indian National Congress
Also elected — same seat
ELAYAPERUMAL
Indian National Congress· 1,75,589 votes
INC 23.2%INC 23.1%6 others 53.7%
Votes
1,76,501
23.2% share
Winning margin
58,010
7.6% of votes
Total votes cast
7,60,540
Candidates
8
Seat history
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All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
R. KANAGASABAI PILLAIElected
INC
1,76,50123.2%
2
ELAYAPERUMALElected
INC
1,75,58923.1%
3
ARUMUGHAM
IND
1,18,49115.6%
4
DANDAPANI PADYACHAI
IND
1,09,52114.4%
5
KULANDAIMOOPAN
IND
85,94311.3%
6
KATTIMUTHU
IND
62,1148.2%
7
KALIAMURTHI
IND
32,3814.3%
8
SIVASUBRANANIAN
IND
00.0%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

An essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.6%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 10.4% · min 1.3% · max 28.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

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2.00
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How much NOTA?

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How often does it back the winner?

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neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

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2.00EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 23.2%INC 23.1%IND 15.6%IND 14.4%IND 11.3%IND 8.2%OTH 4.3%

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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