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Madras · Assembly Constituency 138 · 1957

Madurai Central

1951195719621967

Winner — 1957

V.SANKARAN
INC· INC
INC 47.1%IND 22.9%3 others 30.0%
Votes
20,305
47.1% share
Winning margin
10,433
24.2% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
46.0%
of 93,744

Madurai Central is a safe seat — V.SANKARAN won by 24.2%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
V.SANKARAN
INC
20,30547.1%
2
S.MUTHU
IND
9,87222.9%
3
BAHULAYAN
PSP
7,87318.3%
4
K.VISWANATHAN
IND
4,56510.6%
5
N.S.MUTHUMALAI PILLAI
IND
5231.2%

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 (187th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
24.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.4% · min 10.2% · max 30.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
187th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.34
fewer partiesmore parties
84th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
205 seats · 103 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.34EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 47.1%IND 22.9%PSP 18.3%IND 10.6%OTH 1.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
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