GEN · Madras
SALEM
S. V. Ramasami (INC) won by 54,578 votes (30.2%).
- Electors
- 4,01,741
- Votes polled
- 1,80,883
- Valid votes
- 1,80,883
- Turnout
- 45.0%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1957-02-25
Margin vs 1957 national median: 30.2% (median 11.1%). Back to Madras · 1957 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Comfortable (10–20%)Flipped vs 1962
- Margin · 1967
- 16.5%(+12.6%)
- Turnout
- 75.6%(+6.0%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 97.6%
Winning margin over time · SALEM
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S. V. RamasamiWinner | INC | 85,342 | 47.2% |
| 2 | S. K. Babie Kandasami | IND | 30,764 | 17.0% |
| 3 | A. Ganesasankaran | IND | 29,529 | 16.3% |
| 4 | B. V. Govindaraj | IND | 26,878 | 14.9% |
| 5 | Manicka Mudaliar | IND | 8,370 | 4.6% |
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