GEN · Madras
TIRUCHIRAPPALLI
M. K. M. Abdul Salam (INC) won by 41,125 votes (19.1%).
- Electors
- 4,17,789
- Votes polled
- 2,15,752
- Valid votes
- 2,15,752
- Turnout
- 51.6%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1957-02-25
Margin vs 1957 national median: 19.1% (median 11.1%). Back to Madras · 1957 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Knife-edge (<2%)Flipped vs 1962
- Margin · 1967
- 0.6%(-2.2%)
- Turnout
- 77.1%(+0.5%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 100.0%
Winning margin over time · TIRUCHIRAPPALLI
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. K. M. Abdul SalamWinner | INC | 91,910 | 42.6% |
| 2 | K. Ananda Nambiar | CPI | 50,785 | 23.5% |
| 3 | M. S. Mani | IND | 42,161 | 19.5% |
| 4 | C. M. Srinivasan | IND | 13,804 | 6.4% |
| 5 | N. Rukmani | IND | 10,765 | 5.0% |
| 6 | Rengasami | IND | 6,327 | 2.9% |
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