GEN · Madras
TIRUNELVELI
P. T. Thanu Pillai (INC) won by 51,474 votes (24.7%).
- Electors
- 4,45,857
- Votes polled
- 2,08,476
- Valid votes
- 2,08,476
- Turnout
- 46.8%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1957-02-25
Margin vs 1957 national median: 24.7% (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
- 10.8%(+3.9%)
- Turnout
- 73.7%(+4.2%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 85.4%
Winning margin over time · TIRUNELVELI
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P. T. Thanu PillaiWinner | INC | 1,05,793 | 50.7% |
| 2 | Sankaranarayana Moopanar | IND | 54,319 | 26.1% |
| 3 | Ramanujam | PSP | 30,603 | 14.7% |
| 4 | Sivasankaran Chettiar | IND | 17,761 | 8.5% |
| 5 | Kannappa Pillai | IND | 0 | 0.0% |
| 5 | Meganathan | IND | 0 | 0.0% |
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