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Madras · PC 3 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Chingleput

Winner — Lok Sabha 1957

DR. A. KRISHNASWAMY
Independent
Also elected — same seat
N. SIVARAJ
Independent· 1,53,741 votes
IND 26.8%INC 26.6%3 others 46.6%
Votes
1,88,481
26.8% share
Winning margin
1,728
0.2% of votes
Total votes cast
7,02,997
Candidates
5
Seat history
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All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DR. A. KRISHNASWAMYElected
IND
1,88,48126.8%
2
O. V. ALAGESA MUDALIAR
INC
1,86,75326.6%
3
N. SIVARAJElected
IND
1,53,74121.9%
4
R. MARAGATHAM CHANDRASEKAR
INC
1,48,67521.1%
5
R. RAJARAM
IND
25,3473.6%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

An essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.2%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 8.5% · min 0.3% · max 22.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.96
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?

SEAT
1.96EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 26.8%INC 26.6%IND 21.9%INC 21.1%OTH 3.6%

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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