Elections Archive

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

19571962196725%

Candidates

Candidates · TIRUNELVELI 1957
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1P. T. Thanu PillaiWinnerINC1,05,79350.7%
2Sankaranarayana MoopanarIND54,31926.1%
3RamanujamPSP30,60314.7%
4Sivasankaran ChettiarIND17,7618.5%
5Kannappa PillaiIND00.0%
5MeganathanIND00.0%

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