Elections Archive

GEN · Madras

POLLACHI

Damodaram (INC) won by 46,661 votes (22.2%).

Electors
3,68,310
Votes polled
2,10,359
Valid votes
2,10,359
Turnout
57.1%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1952-03-27

Margin vs 1952 national median: 22.2% (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
20.2%(-11.8%)
Turnout
76.7%(+4.0%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
96.9%

Winning margin over time · POLLACHI

195219571962196732%

Candidates

Candidates · POLLACHI 1952
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1DamodaramWinnerINC93,40544.4%
2Krisnabai Nimbkar VasudevSP_ABBR146,74422.2%
3RamaswamiCPI44,38321.1%
4Paranjothi Ganpathi SwamiIND20,6999.8%
5Ramalinga ChettyIND5,1282.4%

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