1957 Indian general election in Madras|
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| Registered | 17,514,993 |
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| Turnout | 8,363,410 (47.75%)  5.23% |
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First party |
Second party |
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| Leader |
K. Kamaraj |
M. Kalyanasundaram |
| Party |
INC |
CPI |
| Leader's seat |
Did not contest |
Did not contest |
| Seats won |
31 |
2 |
| Seat change |
 5 |
1 |
| Popular vote |
5,094,552 |
1,101,338 |
| Percentage |
46.52% |
10.06% |
| Swing |
4.55% |
5.09% |
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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
| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– |
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| Indian National Congress | 5,094,552 | 46.52 | 4.55% | 31 | 5 |
| Communist Party of India | 1,101,338 | 10.06 | 5.09% | 2 | 1 |
| Praja Socialist Party | 399,789 | 3.65 | new party | 0 | new party |
| Independents | 4,355,162 | 39.77 | 14.82% | 8 | 5 |
| Total | 10,950,841 | 100.00 | – | 41 | 3 |
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| Valid votes | 8,162,313 | 97.60 | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 201,097 | 2.40 | |
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| Total votes | 8,363,410 | 100.00 | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 17,514,993 | 47.75 | |
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- 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
| Constituency |
NoS |
Winner |
Runner-up |
Margin |
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| Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
| 1 |
Madras North |
1 |
S. C. C. Anthony Pillai |
|
IND |
86,139 |
48.71 |
T. Chengalvarayan |
|
INC |
76,141 |
43.06 |
9,998 |
5.65 |
| 2 |
Madras South |
1 |
T. T. Krishnamachari |
|
INC |
81,390 |
45.93 |
P. Balasubramania Mudaliar |
|
IND |
71,284 |
40.23 |
10,106 |
5.70 |
| 3 |
Chingleput |
2 |
Dr. A. Krishnaswamy |
|
IND |
1,88,481 |
26.81 |
O. V. Alagesa Mudaliar |
|
INC |
1,86,753 |
26.57 |
N/A |
| 4 |
Tiruvallur |
1 |
R. Govindarajulu Naidu |
|
INC |
1,20,363 |
64.90 |
A. Raghava Reddy |
|
IND |
65,083 |
35.10 |
55,280 |
29.80 |
| 5 |
Vellore |
2 |
N. R. Munisamy |
|
INC |
1,44,377 |
19.24 |
M. Muthukrishnan |
|
INC |
1,26,132 |
16.81 |
N/A |
| 6 |
Thiruvannamalai |
1 |
Dharmalingam |
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IND |
84,309 |
41.75 |
G. Neelakantan |
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INC |
74,070 |
36.68 |
10,239 |
5.07 |
| 7 |
Tiruppattur |
1 |
A. Duraisami Gounder |
|
INC |
71,564 |
44.55 |
C. P. Chinnaraj |
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IND |
42,875 |
26.69 |
28,689 |
17.86 |
| 8 |
Krishnagiri |
1 |
C. R. Narsimhan |
|
INC |
57,683 |
40.00 |
G. D. Naidu |
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IND |
57,316 |
39.75 |
367 |
0.25 |
| 9 |
Tiruchengode |
1 |
Dr. P. Subbarayan |
|
INC |
86,935 |
57.72 |
Palaniappa Bakthar |
|
PSP |
26,240 |
17.42 |
60,695 |
40.30 |
| 10 |
Salem |
1 |
S. V. Ramasami |
|
INC |
85,342 |
47.18 |
S. K. Babie Kandasami |
|
IND |
30,764 |
17.01 |
54,578 |
30.17 |
| 21 |
Ramanathapuram |
1 |
P. Subbiah Ambalam |
|
INC |
89,701 |
37.61 |
R. K. Ramakrishnan |
|
IND |
50,668 |
21.24 |
39,033 |
16.37 |
| 22 |
Srivilliputhur |
2 |
U. Muthuramalinga Thevar |
|
IND |
2,06,999 |
24.17 |
S. S. Natarajan |
|
INC |
1,67,676 |
19.58 |
N/A |
| 23 |
Nagercoil |
1 |
Thanulingom Nadar |
|
INC |
1,43,288 |
75.78 |
Chellaswamy |
|
IND |
45,798 |
24.22 |
97,490 |
51.56 |
| 24 |
Tiruchendur |
1 |
T. Ganapathy |
|
INC |
Won Uncontested |
| 25 |
Tirunelveli |
1 |
P. T. Thanu Pillai |
|
INC |
1,05,793 |
50.75 |
Sankaranarayana Moopanar |
|
IND |
54,319 |
26.06 |
51,474 |
24.69 |
| 26 |
Tenkasi |
1 |
M. Sankarapandian |
|
INC |
1,25,821 |
50.97 |
N. Shanmugam |
|
CPI |
1,21,021 |
49.03 |
4,800 |
1.94 |
| 27 |
Periyakulam |
1 |
R. Narayanasamy |
|
INC |
1,16,715 |
50.11 |
Muthia |
|
IND |
64,867 |
27.85 |
51,848 |
22.26 |
| 28 |
Madurai |
1 |
K. T. K. Thangamani |
|
CPI |
79,374 |
35.02 |
T. K. Rama |
|
INC |
78,286 |
34.54 |
1,088 |
0.48 |
| 29 |
Dindigul |
2 |
M. Ghulam Mohideen |
|
INC |
2,25,510 |
27.99 |
S. C. Balakrishna |
|
INC |
1,70,995 |
21.22 |
N/A |
| 30 |
Pollachi |
1 |
P. R. Ramakrishnan |
|
INC |
1,39,984 |
53.10 |
Gurusami Aicker |
|
PSP |
1,23,618 |
46.90 |
16,366 |
6.20 |
| 31 |
Namakkal |
2 |
E. V. K. Sampath |
|
IND |
1,82,066 |
23.80 |
S. R. Arumugam |
|
INC |
1,64,221 |
21.47 |
N/A |
| 32 |
Gobichettipalayam |
1 |
Ramasami Gounder |
|
INC |
1,15,365 |
60.69 |
Jothinath Singh |
|
CPI |
74,734 |
39.31 |
40,631 |
21.38 |
| 33 |
Coimbatore |
1 |
Parvati |
|
CPI |
1,10,454 |
47.76 |
P. S. Rangasami |
|
INC |
95,442 |
41.27 |
15,012 |
6.49 |
| 34 |
Nilgiris |
1 |
C. Nanjappan |
|
INC |
1,22,388 |
59.16 |
P. S. Bharathi |
|
IND |
56,754 |
27.43 |
65,634 |
31.73 |
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