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Madras · Assembly Constituency 59 · 1957

Villupuram

1951195719621967

Winner — 1957

SARANGAPANI GOUNDER
INC· INC
INC 50.9%IND 49.1%
Votes
25,000
50.9% share
Winning margin
853
1.7% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
54.1%
of 90,763

Villupuram was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.7% — fewer than 853 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SARANGAPANI GOUNDER
INC
25,00050.9%
2
SHANMUGHA UDAYAR
IND
24,14749.1%

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

Low turnout (227th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.5% · min 1.7% · max 17.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
227th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.46
fewer partiesmore parties
52nd of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
205 seats · 103 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 50.9%IND 49.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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