1957 Indian general election in Madras State

The 1957 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 34 seats in the state. The result was a victory for Indian National Congress winning 24 out of 34 seats. The major opposition for INC, the CPI, managed to only win 2 seats. This election also saw the entry of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in their first national election, who ended up winning 2 seats. Due to the nonrecognition of state parties such as the DMK, they were grouped under independent parties, which won a total of 8 seats.

Voting and results

Changes in seats and votes are calculated based on the seats and votes won and polled in Tamil-speaking areas of Madras (only) during general elections held in 1951 Independent parties are local state parties (like DMK), that are unrecognised nationally

List of Elected MPs ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginCandidateParty Votes %CandidateParty Votes % Votes %1Madras North1S. C. C. Anthony PillaiIND86,13948.71T. ChengalvarayanINC76,14143.069,9985.652Madras South1T. T. KrishnamachariINC81,39045.93P. Balasubramania MudaliarIND71,28440.2310,1065.703Chingleput2Dr. A. KrishnaswamyIND1,88,48126.81O. V. Alagesa MudaliarINC1,86,75326.574Tiruvallur1R. Govindarajulu NaiduINC1,20,36364.90A. Raghava ReddyIND65,08335.1055,28029.805Vellore2N. R. MunisamyINC1,44,37719.24M. MuthukrishnanINC1,26,13216.816Thiruvannamalai1DharmalingamIND84,30941.75G. NeelakantanINC74,07036.6810,2395.077Tiruppattur1A. Duraisami GounderINC71,56444.55C. P. ChinnarajIND42,87526.6928,68917.868Krishnagiri1C. R. NarasimhanINC57,68340.00G. D. NaiduIND57,31639.753670.259Tiruchengode1Dr. P. SubbarayanINC86,93557.72Palaniappa BaktharPSP26,24017.4260,69540.3010Salem1S. V. RamasamiINC85,34247.18S. K. Babie KandasamiIND30,76417.0154,57830.1721Ramanathapuram1P. Subbiah AmbalamINC89,70137.61R. K. RamakrishnanIND50,66821.2439,03316.3722Srivilliputhur2U. Muthuramalinga ThevarIND2,06,99924.17S. S. NatarajanINC1,67,67619.5823Nagercoil1Thanulingom NadarINC1,43,28875.78ChellaswamyIND45,79824.2297,49051.5624Tiruchendur1T. GanapathyINCWon Uncontested25Tirunelveli1P. T. Thanu PillaiINC1,05,79350.75Sankaranarayana MoopanarIND54,31926.0651,47424.6926Tenkasi1M. SankarapandianINC1,25,82150.97N. ShanmugamCPI1,21,02149.034,8001.9427Periyakulam1R. NarayanasamyINC1,16,71550.11MuthiaIND64,86727.8551,84822.2628Madurai1K. T. K. ThangamaniCPI79,37435.02T. K. RamaINC78,28634.541,0880.4829Dindigul2M. Ghulam MohideenINC2,25,51027.99S. C. BalakrishnaINC1,70,99521.2230Pollachi1P. R. RamakrishnanINC1,39,98453.10Gurusami AickerPSP1,23,61846.9016,3666.2031Namakkal2E. V. K. SampathIND1,82,06623.80S. R. ArumugamINC1,64,22121.4732Gobichettipalayam1Ramasami GounderINC1,15,36560.69Jothinath SinghCPI74,73439.3140,63121.3833Coimbatore1ParvatiCPI1,10,45447.76P. S. RangasamiINC95,44241.2715,0126.4934Nilgiris1C. NanjappanINC1,22,38859.16P. S. BharathiIND56,75427.4365,63431.73

1957 Indian general election in Madras State

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