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Madras · PC 29 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Dindigul

Winner — Lok Sabha 1957

M. GHULAM MOHIDEEN
Indian National Congress
Also elected — same seat
S. C. BALAKRISHNA
Indian National Congress· 1,70,995 votes
INC 28.0%INC 21.2%6 others 50.8%
Votes
2,25,510
28.0% share
Winning margin
93,440
11.6% of votes
Total votes cast
8,05,662
Candidates
8
Seat history
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All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
M. GHULAM MOHIDEENElected
INC
2,25,51028.0%
2
S. C. BALAKRISHNAElected
INC
1,70,99521.2%
3
KRISHNASAMY
CPI
1,32,07016.4%
4
R. MUNIYANDI
CPI
94,03811.7%
5
A. DESIAR
IND
77,6809.6%
6
PITCHAIMUTHU
IND
63,6457.9%
7
JANAKAI N. KARUPPA PILLAI
IND
41,7245.2%
8
G.D. NAIDU
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
11.6%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 9.0% · min 3.3% · max 16.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
82%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.17
fewer partiesmore parties

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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2.17EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 28.0%INC 21.2%CPI 16.4%CPI 11.7%IND 9.6%IND 7.9%OTH 5.2%

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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