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Madras · Assembly Constituency 78 · 1957

Gandarvakottai

1951195719621967

Winner — 1957

KRISHNASAMI GOPALAR
INC· INC
INC 46.0%IND 23.9%4 others 30.0%
Votes
18,928
46.0% share
Winning margin
9,089
22.1% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
51.0%
of 80,716

Gandarvakottai is a safe seat — KRISHNASAMI GOPALAR won by 22.1%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KRISHNASAMI GOPALAR
INC
18,92846.0%
2
RAMACHANDRA DORAI
IND
9,83923.9%
3
THANGAMUTHU NADAR
IND
8,55320.8%
4
MARIMUTHU ODAYAR
IND
1,6384.0%
5
DHARAMARAJA MERKONDAR
IND
1,1152.7%
6
RANGASAMI ODAYAR
IND
1,0512.6%

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 (219th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
22.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.0% · min 0.1% · max 36.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
219th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.41
fewer partiesmore parties
64th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
205 seats · 103 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.41EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.0%IND 23.9%IND 20.8%OTH 9.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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