SC · Madras
VELLORE
N. R. Munisamy (INC) won by 18,245 votes (2.4%).
- Electors
- 8,01,572
- Votes polled
- 7,50,365
- Valid votes
- 7,50,365
- Turnout
- 93.6%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1957-02-25
Margin vs 1957 national median: 2.4% (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
- 19.1%(+10.5%)
- Turnout
- 75.2%(+8.2%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 92.6%
Winning margin over time · VELLORE
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N. R. MunisamyWinner | INC | 1,44,377 | 19.2% |
| 1 | M. MuthukrishnanWinner | INC | 1,26,132 | 16.8% |
| 3 | G. M. Annalthango | IND | 1,17,680 | 15.7% |
| 4 | J. P. Ganesha Mudaliar | IND | 1,02,619 | 13.7% |
| 5 | M. Krishnasami | IND | 89,311 | 11.9% |
| 6 | Sambanda Mudaliar | IND | 74,501 | 9.9% |
| 7 | A. Jayaraman | IND | 57,425 | 7.7% |
| 8 | V. R. Venkatesan | IND | 22,970 | 3.1% |
| 9 | R. T. S. Moorthy | IND | 15,350 | 2.0% |
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