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Madras · PC 5 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Vellore

Winner — Lok Sabha 1957

N. R. MUNISAMY
Indian National Congress
Also elected — same seat
M. MUTHUKRISHNAN
Indian National Congress· 1,26,132 votes
INC 19.2%INC 16.8%7 others 63.9%
Votes
1,44,377
19.2% share
Winning margin
26,697
3.6% of votes
Total votes cast
7,50,365
Candidates
9
Seat history
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All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
N. R. MUNISAMYElected
INC
1,44,37719.2%
2
M. MUTHUKRISHNANElected
INC
1,26,13216.8%
3
G. M. ANNALTHANGO
IND
1,17,68015.7%
4
J. P. GANESHA MUDALIAR
IND
1,02,61913.7%
5
M. KRISHNASAMI
IND
89,31111.9%
6
SAMBANDA MUDALIAR
IND
74,5019.9%
7
A. JAYARAMAN
IND
57,4257.7%
8
V. R. VENKATESAN
IND
22,9703.1%
9
R. T. S. MOORTHY
IND
15,3502.0%

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
marginal
3.6%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 7.8% · min 3.6% · max 18.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.23
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?

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2.23EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 19.2%INC 16.8%IND 15.7%IND 13.7%IND 11.9%IND 9.9%OTH 12.8%

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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