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Madras · Assembly Constituency 161 · 1957

Coimbatore I

1951195719621967

Winner — 1957

SAVITRI SHANMUGAM
INC· INC
INC 44.0%CPI 21.3%6 others 34.6%
Votes
20,511
44.0% share
Winning margin
10,573
22.7% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
49.9%
of 93,297

Coimbatore I is a safe seat — SAVITRI SHANMUGAM won by 22.7%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SAVITRI SHANMUGAM
INC
20,51144.0%
2
BUPATHY
CPI
9,93821.3%
3
K. SIVASWAMY
IND
7,83416.8%
4
RASITHACHALAM
IND
3,7748.1%
5
BABA
IND
3,2607.0%
6
NATESAN
IND
7151.5%
7
A. K. AYYASWAMY CHETTIAR
IND
3430.7%
8
NANJAPPA CHETTY
IND
1980.4%

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 (134th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
22.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.3% · min 6.9% · max 22.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
134th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.53
fewer partiesmore parties
40th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
205 seats · 103 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.53EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 44.0%CPI 21.3%IND 16.8%IND 8.1%IND 7.0%OTH 2.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
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