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.

1957 Indian general election in Madras

← 1951 1 March 1957 (1957-03-01) 1962 →

41 (of 494) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered17,514,993
Turnout8,363,410 (47.75%) Decrease5.23%
  First party Second party
 
Leader K. Kamaraj M. Kalyanasundaram
Party INC CPI
Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest
Seats won 31 2
Seat change Increase5 Increase1
Popular vote 5,094,552 1,101,338
Percentage 46.52% 10.06%
Swing Increase4.55% Increase5.09%

Voting and results

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PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Indian National Congress5,094,55246.52 4.55%31 5
Communist Party of India1,101,33810.06 5.09%2 1
Praja Socialist Party399,7893.65new party0new party
Independents4,355,16239.77 14.82%8 5
Total10,950,841100.0041 3
Valid votes8,162,31397.60
Invalid/blank votes201,0972.40
Total votes8,363,410100.00
Registered voters/turnout17,514,99347.75
  • 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

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Constituency Winner Party Runner-upa Partya
Madras North S. C. C. Anthony Pillai IND T. Chengalvarayan INC
Madras South T. T. Krishnamachari INC P. Balasubramania Mudaliar IND
Chengapattu A. Krishnaswamy IND O. V. Alagesa Mudaliar INC
Thiruvallur R. Govindarajulu Naidu INC A. Raghava Reddy IND
Vellore M. Muthukrishnan and N. R. Munisamy INC G. M. Annalthango IND
Tiruvannamalai R. Dharmalingam IND/DMK G. Neelakantan INC
Tiruppattur A. Duraisami Gounder INC C. P. Chinnaraj IND
Krishnagiri C. R. Narasimman INC G. D. Naidu IND
Tiruchengode P. Subbarayan INC Palaniappa Bakhthar PSP
Salem S. V. Ramasami INC S. K. Baby Kandasamy IND
Chidambaram R. Kanagasabai Pillai and Elayaperumal INC Arumugham and Dhandapani Padayachi IND
Tindivanam Shanmugham IND V. Munusamy IND
Cuddalore T. D. Muthukumaraswamy Naidu IND S. Radhakrishnan INC
Nagapattinam K. R. Sambandam INC M. Ayyakannau INC
Kumbakonam C. R. Pattabiraman INC S. A. Rahim PSP
Thanjavur R. Venkataraman INC K. M. Vallatharasu PSP
Perambalur M. Palaniandi INC V. Boovaraghasamy Padayachi IND
Karur K. Periyasamy Gounder INC V. R. Seshaiyan IND
Tiruchirappalli M.K.M. Abdul Salam INC K. Ananda Nambiar CPI
Pudukkottai F. Ramanathan Chettiar INC K. M. Vallatharasu PSP
Ramanathapuram P. Subbiah Ambalam INC R. K. Ramakrishnan IND
Srivilliputhur U. Muthuramalinga Thevar IND S. S. Natarajan INC
Nagercoil P. Thanulinga Nadar INC Chellaswamy IND
Tiruchendur N. Duraipandi IND T. Ganapathy (returned uncontested) INC
Tirunelveli P. T. Thanu Pillai INC Sankaranarayana Moopanar IND
Tenkasi M. Sankarapandian INC N. Shanmugham CPI
Periyakulam R. Narayanasamy INC Muthiah IND
Madurai K. T. K. Thangamani CPI T. K. Rama INC
Dindigul M. Gulam Mohideen INC S. C. Balakrishnan INC
Pollachi P. R. Ramakrishnan INC Gurusamy Naicker PSP
Namakkal E. V. K. Sampath IND/DMK S. R. Arumugam INC
Gobichettipalayam K. S. Ramaswamy Gounder INC Jothinath Singh CPI
Coimbatore Parvathi Krishnan CPI P. S. Rangasami INC
Nilgiris C. Nanjappan INC P. S. Bharathi IND

See also

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