Elections Archive

GEN · Madras

MADURAI

S. Balasubramaniam (INC) won by 5,817 votes (0.8%).

Electors
7,57,254
Votes polled
7,33,762
Valid votes
7,33,762
Turnout
96.9%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1952-03-27

Margin vs 1952 national median: 0.8% (median 14.5%). Back to Madras · 1952 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Safe (20%+)Flipped vs 1962
Margin · 1967
24.3%(+19.4%)
Turnout
78.0%(+3.2%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
96.1%

Winning margin over time · MADURAI

195219571962196724%

Candidates

Candidates · MADURAI 1952
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1S. BalasubramaniamWinnerINC1,95,76226.7%
1P. M. KakkanWinnerINC1,89,94525.9%
3Thangamani NadarCPI96,03613.1%
4S. A. RahimSP_ABBR168,0199.3%
5SargentFBL(MG)58,5528.0%
6Kariamuthu ThiagarajanKMPP51,3007.0%
7G. ArulappanSCF44,3416.0%
8ArjunanTNT16,8742.3%
9V. S. Venkatarama IyerIND12,9331.8%

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