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Madras · Assembly Constituency 15 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Tiruvallur

1951195719621967

Winner — 1957

EAKAMBARA MUDALY
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
V.S. ARUNACHALAM
INC· 34,689 votes
INC 33.7%INC 29.1%7 others 37.2%
Votes
40,214
33.7% share
Winning margin
23,179
19.4% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
35.2%
of 1,69,359

Tiruvallur is a safe seat — EAKAMBARA MUDALY won by 19.4%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
EAKAMBARA MUDALY
INC
40,21433.7%
2
V.S. ARUNACHALAM
INC
34,68929.1%
3
N. GOVINDASAMY NAIDU
IND
17,03514.3%
4
M. DHARMALINGAM
IND
7,5646.3%
5
K.M. BALU NAYAGAR
IND
6,0015.0%
6
NARAYANA NAYAGAR
IND
4,5693.8%
7
SULOCHANA MUDALIAR
IND
3,2482.7%
8
JOH SUNDARAM
IND
2,9942.5%
9
DHANARAJAN
IND
2,9302.5%

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 (147th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
19.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.2% · min 1.6% · max 37.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
147th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.01
fewer partiesmore parties
214th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
205 seats · 103 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.01EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 33.7%INC 29.1%IND 14.3%IND 6.3%IND 5.0%OTH 11.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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