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Madras · Assembly Constituency 76 · 1957

Tiruvayar

1951195719621967

Winner — 1957

R.SWAMINATHA MERKONDAR
INC· INC
INC 43.0%IND 18.0%4 others 39.0%
Votes
19,722
43.0% share
Winning margin
11,452
25.0% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
55.5%
of 82,597

Tiruvayar is a safe seat — R.SWAMINATHA MERKONDAR won by 25.0%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
R.SWAMINATHA MERKONDAR
INC
19,72243.0%
2
D.PACKSHIRAJA MOOVARAYAR
IND
8,27018.0%
3
S.SWAYAMPRAKASAM
IND
8,07717.6%
4
M.RADHAKRISHNA GADE RAO SAHEB
IND
4,64810.1%
5
S.RAMALINGAM
CPI
4,0968.9%
6
V.THIRUVENGADATHU IYENGAR
IND
1,0472.3%

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 (130th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
25.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.6% · min 1.0% · max 25.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
130th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.34
fewer partiesmore parties
82nd 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 43.0%IND 18.0%IND 17.6%IND 10.1%CPI 8.9%OTH 2.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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