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Madras · PC 8 · 1957

Krishnagiri

Winner — Lok Sabha 1957

C. R. NARSIMHAN
Indian National Congress
INC 40.0%IND 39.7%2 others 20.2%
Votes
57,683
40.0% share
Winning margin
367
0.3% of votes
Total votes cast
1,44,194
Candidates
4
Seat history
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All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
C. R. NARSIMHAN
INC
57,68340.0%
2
G. D. NAIDU
IND
57,31639.8%
3
R. MUTHULINGAM
IND
15,60710.8%
4
R. JAGANNATHAN
IND
13,5889.4%

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

A two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

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marginal
0.3%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 6.5% · min 0.3% · max 20.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

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2.32
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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2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 40.0%IND 39.8%IND 10.8%IND 9.4%

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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