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Madras · Assembly Constituency 126 · 1957

Nagercoil

1951195719621967

Winner — 1957

CHIDAMBARANATHA NADAR
INC· INC
INC 63.7%CPI 30.6%2 others 5.7%
Votes
44,073
63.7% share
Winning margin
22,910
33.1% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
76.4%
of 90,534

Nagercoil is a safe seat — CHIDAMBARANATHA NADAR won by 33.1%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHIDAMBARANATHA NADAR
INC
44,07363.7%
2
C.SANKAR
CPI
21,16330.6%
3
MUTHU WAMY
IND
2,9494.3%
4
DORASWAMY NADAR
IND
9991.4%

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

Average turnout (122nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
33.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.4% · min 9.9% · max 33.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
122nd of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.91
fewer partiesmore parties
230th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
205 seats · 103 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.91EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 63.7%CPI 30.6%OTH 5.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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