Back to Madras 1957 results
Winner — 1957
V.K. KOTHANDARAMAN
CPI· Left
Also elected — same seat
T. MANAVALAN
INC· 33,341 votes
CPI 21.8%INC 21.5%4 others 56.8%
Votes
33,811
21.8% share
Winning margin
1,349
0.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
45.4%
of 1,71,171
Gudiyattam was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.9% — fewer than 1,349 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V.K. KOTHANDARAMAN | 33,811 | 21.8% | |
| 2 | T. MANAVALAN | 33,341 | 21.5% | |
| 3 | VENKATACHALAM | 32,462 | 20.9% | |
| 4 | M. KRISHNASAMI | IND | 29,310 | 18.9% |
| 5 | SAMASIVAN | IND | 15,593 | 10.0% |
| 6 | PULAVAR A. MANI EZHILAN | IND | 10,751 | 6.9% |
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.
High turnout (35th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean0.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.8% · min 0.9% · max 33.4%
How contested is turnout?
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82%
lowerhigher
35th of 234How crowded is the field?
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1.96
fewer partiesmore parties
223rd of 234How much NOTA?
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— NOT REPORTEDWhere does the house stand?
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205 seats · 103 majority
How did the vote split?
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1.96EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 21.8%INC 21.5%INC 20.9%IND 18.9%IND 10.0%IND 6.9%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED