Madras · 1957

State seat map, party leadership, and constituency results.

Seats: 34
Turnout: 62.5%
Electors: 1,75,14,993
Votes polled: 1,09,50,841
NOTA: 0
Leading party: INC

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34 of 34 seats shown

Constituencies

Madras constituencies 1957
Constituency	Category	Winner	Runner-up	Vote share	Margin	Turnout
CHIDAMBARAM	SC	R. Kanagasabai Pillai (INC)	—	23.2%	912 (0.1%)	90.5%
CHINGLEPUT	GEN	Dr. A. Krishnaswamy (IND)	O. V. Alagesa Mudaliar (INC)	26.8%	34,740 (4.9%)	87.6%
COIMBATORE	GEN	Parvati (CPI)	P. S. Rangasami (INC)	47.8%	15,012 (6.5%)	50.0%
CUDDALORE	GEN	T. D. Muthukumarasamy (IND)	S. Radhakrishnan (INC)	42.6%	59 (0.0%)	53.7%
DINDIGUL	GEN	M. Ghulam Mohideen (INC)	—	28.0%	54,515 (6.8%)	94.2%
GOBICHETTIPALAYAM	GEN	Ramasami Gounder (INC)	Jothinath Singh (CPI)	60.7%	40,631 (21.4%)	45.6%
KARUR	GEN	K. Periasami Gounder (INC)	V. R. Seshiyan (IND)	50.9%	32,264 (15.6%)	48.4%
KRISHNAGIRI	GEN	C. R. Narsimhan (INC)	G. D. Naidu (IND)	40.0%	367 (0.3%)	32.3%
KUMBAKONAM	GEN	C. R. Pattabhiraman (INC)	S. A. Rahim (PSP)	58.7%	67,322 (31.0%)	50.5%
MADRAS NORTH	GEN	S. C. C. Anthony Pillai (IND)	T. Chengalvarayan (INC)	48.7%	9,998 (5.7%)	39.3%
MADRAS SOUTH	GEN	T. T. Krishnamachari (INC)	P. Balasubramania Mudaliar (IND)	45.9%	10,106 (5.7%)	37.5%
MADURAI	GEN	K. T. K. Thangamani (CPI)	T. K. Rama (INC)	35.0%	1,088 (0.5%)	49.2%
NAGAPATTINAM	GEN	K. R. Sambandam (INC)	—	26.9%	35,385 (3.8%)	100.0%
NAMAKKAL	SC	E. V. K. Sampath (IND)	—	23.8%	17,845 (2.3%)	91.4%
NEGERCOIL	GEN	Thanulingom Nadar (INC)	Chellaswamy (IND)	75.8%	97,490 (51.6%)	49.7%
NILGIRIS	GEN	C. Nanjappan (INC)	P. S. Bharathi (IND)	59.2%	65,634 (31.7%)	51.4%
PERAMBALUR	SC	M. Palaniandi (INC)	V. Boovaraghaswamy Padayachi (IND)	48.7%	65,364 (28.3%)	52.1%
PERIYAKULAM	GEN	R. Narayanasamy (INC)	Muthia (IND)	50.1%	51,848 (22.3%)	53.5%
POLLACHI	GEN	P. R. Ramakrishnan (INC)	Gurusami Aicker (PSP)	53.1%	16,366 (6.2%)	59.6%
PUDUKKOTTAI	GEN	F. Ramanathan Chattiar (INC)	K. M. Vallatharas (PSP)	50.1%	65,452 (29.4%)	53.1%
RAMANATHAPURAM	GEN	P. Subbiah Ambalam (INC)	R. K. Ramakrishnan (IND)	37.6%	39,033 (16.4%)	50.9%
SALEM	GEN	S. V. Ramasami (INC)	S. K. Babie Kandasami (IND)	47.2%	54,578 (30.2%)	45.0%
SRIVILLIPUTHUR	GEN	U. Muthuramalinga Thevar (IND)	S. S. Natarajan (INC)	24.2%	56,912 (6.6%)	97.7%
TANJORE	GEN	R. Venkataraman (INC)	K. M. Vallatharasu (PSP)	57.9%	37,088 (15.9%)	54.9%
TENKASI	SC	M. Sankarapandian (INC)	N. Shanmugam (CPI)	51.0%	4,800 (1.9%)	55.9%
THIRUVANNAMALAI	GEN	Dharmalingam (IND)	G. Neelakantan (INC)	41.7%	10,239 (5.1%)	47.3%
TINDIVANAM	GEN	Shanmugham (IND)	V. Munusami (IND)	36.4%	8,725 (4.3%)	48.5%
TIRUCHENDUR	GEN	T. Ganapathy (INC)	N. Duripandi (IND)	0.0%	— (—)	0.0%
TIRUCHENGODE	GEN	Dr. P. Subbarayan (INC)	Palaniappa Bakthar (PSP)	57.7%	60,695 (40.3%)	36.8%
TIRUCHIRAPPALLI	GEN	M. K. M. Abdul Salam (INC)	K. Ananda Nambiar (CPI)	42.6%	41,125 (19.1%)	51.6%
TIRUNELVELI	GEN	P. T. Thanu Pillai (INC)	Sankaranarayana Moopanar (IND)	50.7%	51,474 (24.7%)	46.8%
TIRUPPATTUR	GEN	A. Duraisami Gounder (INC)	C. P. Chinnaraj (IND)	44.6%	28,689 (17.9%)	38.4%
TIRUVALLUR	GEN	R. Govindarajulu Naidu (INC)	A. Raghava Reddy (IND)	64.9%	55,280 (29.8%)	45.8%
VELLORE	SC	N. R. Munisamy (INC)	—	19.2%	18,245 (2.4%)	93.6%

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Madras constituencies 1957
Constituency	Category	Winner	Runner-up	Vote share	Margin	Turnout
CHIDAMBARAM	SC	R. Kanagasabai Pillai (INC)	—	23.2%	912 (0.1%)	90.5%
CHINGLEPUT	GEN	Dr. A. Krishnaswamy (IND)	O. V. Alagesa Mudaliar (INC)	26.8%	34,740 (4.9%)	87.6%
COIMBATORE	GEN	Parvati (CPI)	P. S. Rangasami (INC)	47.8%	15,012 (6.5%)	50.0%
CUDDALORE	GEN	T. D. Muthukumarasamy (IND)	S. Radhakrishnan (INC)	42.6%	59 (0.0%)	53.7%
DINDIGUL	GEN	M. Ghulam Mohideen (INC)	—	28.0%	54,515 (6.8%)	94.2%
GOBICHETTIPALAYAM	GEN	Ramasami Gounder (INC)	Jothinath Singh (CPI)	60.7%	40,631 (21.4%)	45.6%
KARUR	GEN	K. Periasami Gounder (INC)	V. R. Seshiyan (IND)	50.9%	32,264 (15.6%)	48.4%
KRISHNAGIRI	GEN	C. R. Narsimhan (INC)	G. D. Naidu (IND)	40.0%	367 (0.3%)	32.3%
KUMBAKONAM	GEN	C. R. Pattabhiraman (INC)	S. A. Rahim (PSP)	58.7%	67,322 (31.0%)	50.5%
MADRAS NORTH	GEN	S. C. C. Anthony Pillai (IND)	T. Chengalvarayan (INC)	48.7%	9,998 (5.7%)	39.3%
MADRAS SOUTH	GEN	T. T. Krishnamachari (INC)	P. Balasubramania Mudaliar (IND)	45.9%	10,106 (5.7%)	37.5%
MADURAI	GEN	K. T. K. Thangamani (CPI)	T. K. Rama (INC)	35.0%	1,088 (0.5%)	49.2%
NAGAPATTINAM	GEN	K. R. Sambandam (INC)	—	26.9%	35,385 (3.8%)	100.0%
NAMAKKAL	SC	E. V. K. Sampath (IND)	—	23.8%	17,845 (2.3%)	91.4%
NEGERCOIL	GEN	Thanulingom Nadar (INC)	Chellaswamy (IND)	75.8%	97,490 (51.6%)	49.7%
NILGIRIS	GEN	C. Nanjappan (INC)	P. S. Bharathi (IND)	59.2%	65,634 (31.7%)	51.4%
PERAMBALUR	SC	M. Palaniandi (INC)	V. Boovaraghaswamy Padayachi (IND)	48.7%	65,364 (28.3%)	52.1%
PERIYAKULAM	GEN	R. Narayanasamy (INC)	Muthia (IND)	50.1%	51,848 (22.3%)	53.5%
POLLACHI	GEN	P. R. Ramakrishnan (INC)	Gurusami Aicker (PSP)	53.1%	16,366 (6.2%)	59.6%
PUDUKKOTTAI	GEN	F. Ramanathan Chattiar (INC)	K. M. Vallatharas (PSP)	50.1%	65,452 (29.4%)	53.1%
RAMANATHAPURAM	GEN	P. Subbiah Ambalam (INC)	R. K. Ramakrishnan (IND)	37.6%	39,033 (16.4%)	50.9%
SALEM	GEN	S. V. Ramasami (INC)	S. K. Babie Kandasami (IND)	47.2%	54,578 (30.2%)	45.0%
SRIVILLIPUTHUR	GEN	U. Muthuramalinga Thevar (IND)	S. S. Natarajan (INC)	24.2%	56,912 (6.6%)	97.7%
TANJORE	GEN	R. Venkataraman (INC)	K. M. Vallatharasu (PSP)	57.9%	37,088 (15.9%)	54.9%
TENKASI	SC	M. Sankarapandian (INC)	N. Shanmugam (CPI)	51.0%	4,800 (1.9%)	55.9%

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Party results · Madras 1957
Party	Seats won	Contested	Vote share	Total votes
INC	25	41	46.5%	50,94,552
IND	7	93	39.8%	43,55,162
CPI	2	13	10.1%	11,01,338
PSP	0	7	3.7%	3,99,789

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