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Madras · PC 6 · 1962
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Winner — Lok Sabha 1962
ABDULL WAHID
INC· INC
INC 39.4%REP 31.2%7 others 29.4%
Votes
1,14,872
41.0% share
Winning margin
23,966
8.6% of votes
Total votes cast
2,91,327
Candidates
9
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ABDULL WAHID | 1,14,872 | 41.0% | |
| 2 | N. SIVARAJ | REP | 90,906 | 32.5% |
| 3 | RAJARATHINAM | 47,186 | 16.9% | |
| 4 | T. R. PURUSHOTAMA REDDIAR | IND | 6,632 | 2.4% |
| 5 | VILWANATHA MUDALIAR | IND | 5,721 | 2.0% |
| 6 | GANESA MUDALIAR | 5,110 | 1.8% | |
| 7 | G. M. ANNALTHANGO | IND | 4,871 | 1.7% |
| 8 | MOHAMED PASHA | IND | 3,506 | 1.3% |
| 9 | RANGASAMI NAIDU | IND | 1,164 | 0.4% |
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.
An essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean8.6%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 11.2% · min 5.1% · max 19.1%
How contested is turnout?
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75%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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2.21
fewer partiesmore parties
How much NOTA?
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— NOT REPORTEDHow often does it back the winner?
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neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
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2.21EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 41.0%REP 32.5%CPI 16.9%OTH 9.7%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTEDHistorical 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.