GEN · Madras
TIRUVALLUR
Margatham Chandrasekar (INC) won by 19,925 votes (3.2%).
- Electors
- 7,04,970
- Votes polled
- 6,16,210
- Valid votes
- 6,16,210
- Turnout
- 87.4%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1952-03-27
Margin vs 1952 national median: 3.2% (median 14.5%). Back to Madras · 1952 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Marginal (2–5%)Party held vs 1957
- Margin · 1962
- 4.1%(-25.7%)
- Turnout
- 70.5%(+24.7%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 91.7%
Winning margin over time · TIRUVALLUR
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Margatham ChandrasekarWinner | INC | 1,10,265 | 17.9% |
| 1 | P. NatesanWinner | INC | 90,340 | 14.7% |
| 3 | Guruswami | IND | 80,985 | 13.1% |
| 4 | Sarojini Rajah | KMPP | 66,450 | 10.8% |
| 5 | James Ford | IND | 57,215 | 9.3% |
| 6 | N Sivaraj | SCF | 54,077 | 8.8% |
| 7 | J. Madana Raj | IND | 42,960 | 7.0% |
| 8 | K Ramalingam | IND | 40,745 | 6.6% |
| 9 | Nagaraja Sarma | KLP | 21,436 | 3.5% |
| 10 | Padmanabha Naidu | FBL(RG) | 18,061 | 2.9% |
| 11 | Subbarathnam | IND | 17,715 | 2.9% |
| 12 | Saravana Pillai | IND | 15,961 | 2.6% |
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