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Madras · PC 14 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Nagapattinam

Winner — Lok Sabha 1957

K. R. SAMBANDAM
Indian National Congress
Also elected — same seat
M. AYYAKANNU
Indian National Congress· 2,16,890 votes
INC 26.9%INC 23.2%5 others 49.9%
Votes
2,52,275
26.9% share
Winning margin
1,00,571
10.7% of votes
Total votes cast
9,36,161
Candidates
7
Seat history
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All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
K. R. SAMBANDAMElected
INC
2,52,27526.9%
2
M. AYYAKANNUElected
INC
2,16,89023.2%
3
A. K. SUBBIAH
CPI
1,51,70416.2%
4
P. RAMAMOORTHY
CPI
1,24,20513.3%
5
K. MANOHARAM
IND
78,9838.4%
6
S. M. R. ARUMUGAM PILLAI
IND
57,5076.1%
7
V. VEERASAMY
IND
54,5975.8%

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
10.7%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 11.1% · min 3.3% · max 16.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.04
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
2.04EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 26.9%INC 23.2%CPI 16.2%CPI 13.3%IND 8.4%IND 6.1%OTH 5.8%

Who ran, on record?

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— NOT YET COMPUTED

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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