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{{For|State Assembly election|1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1957 Indian general election in Madras
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1951–52 Indian general election in Madras State
| previous_year = 1951
| next_election = Indian general election in Madras, 1962
| next_year = 1962
| election_date = {{Start date|1957|03|01|df=yes}}
| seats_for_election = 41 (of 494) seats in the [[Lok Sabha]]
| registered = 17,514,993
| turnout = 8,363,410 (47.75%) {{decrease}}5.23%
| image1 =
| leader1 = [[K. Kamaraj]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| leaders_seat1 = ''Did not contest''
| seats1 = '''31'''
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}5
| popular_vote1 = '''5,094,552'''
| percentage1 = '''46.52%'''
| swing1 = {{increase}}4.55%
| image2 =
| leader2 = [[M. Kalyanasundaram]]
| leaders_seat2 = ''Did not contest''
| party2 = Communist Party of India
| seats2 = 2
| seat_change2 = {{increase}}1
| popular_vote2 = 1,101,338
| percentage2 = 10.06%
| swing2 = {{increase}}5.09%
| map_image = Wahlergebnisse in Indien 1957.svg
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = [[1957 Indian general election]]
| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| before_election = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
}}

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 ==
{{Election results
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=5094552|sw1={{increase}}4.55%|seats1=31|sc1={{increase}}5
|party2=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes2=1101338|sw2={{increase}}5.09%|seats2=2|sc2={{increase}}1
|party3=[[Praja Socialist Party]]|votes3=399789|sw3=''new party''|seats3=0|sc3=''new party''
|party4=[[Independent politician|Independents]]|votes4=4355162|sw4={{increase}}14.82%|seats4=8|sc4={{increase}}5
|valid=8162313
|invalid=201097
|total_sc={{increase}}3
|electorate=17514993
}}

* 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 ==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Constituency
! rowspan="2" |{{abbr|NoS|No. of Seats}}
! colspan="5" |Winner
! colspan="5" |Runner-up
! colspan="2" |Margin
|-
!Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
! data-sort-type=number | %
!Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
!data-sort-type=number | Votes
!data-sort-type=number | %
!data-sort-type=number | Votes
!data-sort-type=number | %
|-
!1
|[[Chennai North Lok Sabha constituency|Madras North]]
|1
|[[S. C. C. Anthony Pillai]]
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|86,139
|48.71
|T. Chengalvarayan
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|76,141
|43.06
|style="background:{{party color|Independent}} ; color:black;"|9,998
|style="background:{{party color|Independent}} ; color:black;"|5.65
|-
!2
|[[Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency|Madras South]]
|1
|[[T. T. Krishnamachari]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|81,390
|45.93
|P. Balasubramania Mudaliar
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|71,284
|40.23
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|10,106
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|5.70
|-
!3
|[[Chengalpattu Lok Sabha constituency|Chingleput]]
|2
|Dr. A. Krishnaswamy
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|1,88,481
|26.81
|O. V. Alagesa Mudaliar
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,86,753
|26.57
|colspan="2"|{{abbr|N/A|Not applicable}}
|-
!4
|[[Tiruvallur Lok Sabha constituency|Tiruvallur]]
|1
|R. Govindarajulu Naidu
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,20,363
|64.90
|A. Raghava Reddy
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|65,083
|35.10
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|55,280
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|29.80
|-
!5
|[[Vellore Lok Sabha constituency|Vellore]]
|2
|N. R. Munisamy
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,44,377
|19.24
|M. Muthukrishnan
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,26,132
|16.81
|colspan="2"|{{abbr|N/A|Not applicable}}
|-
!6
|[[Tiruvannamalai Lok Sabha constituency|Thiruvannamalai]]
|1
|Dharmalingam
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|84,309
|41.75
|G. Neelakantan
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|74,070
|36.68
|style="background:{{party color|Independent}} ; color:black;"|10,239
|style="background:{{party color|Independent}} ; color:black;"|5.07
|-
!7
|[[Tirupattur Lok Sabha constituency|Tiruppattur]]
|1
|A. Duraisami Gounder
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|71,564
|44.55
|C. P. Chinnaraj
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|42,875
|26.69
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|28,689
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|17.86
|-
!8
|[[Krishnagiri Lok Sabha constituency|Krishnagiri]]
|1
|C. R. Narsimhan
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|57,683
|40.00
|G. D. Naidu
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|57,316
|39.75
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|367
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|0.25
|-
!9
|[[Tiruchengode Lok Sabha constituency|Tiruchengode]]
|1
|Dr. [[P. Subbarayan]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|86,935
|57.72
|Palaniappa Bakthar
|{{Party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
|[[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]]
|26,240
|17.42
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|60,695
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|40.30
|-
!10
|[[Salem Lok Sabha constituency|Salem]]
|1
|S. V. Ramasami
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|85,342
|47.18
|S. K. Babie Kandasami
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|30,764
|17.01
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|54,578
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|30.17
|-
!21
|[[Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency|Ramanathapuram]]
|1
|[[P. Subbiah Ambalam]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|89,701
|37.61
|R. K. Ramakrishnan
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|50,668
|21.24
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|39,033
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|16.37
|-
!22
|[[Srivilliputtur Lok Sabha constituency|Srivilliputhur]]
|2
|[[U. Muthuramalinga Thevar]]
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|2,06,999
|24.17
|S. S. Natarajan
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,67,676
|19.58
|colspan="2"|{{abbr|N/A|Not applicable}}
|-
!23
|[[Nagercoil Lok Sabha constituency|Nagercoil]]
|1
|Thanulingom Nadar
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,43,288
|75.78
|Chellaswamy
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|45,798
|24.22
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|97,490
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|51.56
|-
!24
|[[Tiruchendur Lok Sabha constituency|Tiruchendur]]
|1
|[[T. Ganapathy]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|colspan="9"|''Won Uncontested''
|-
!25
|[[Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency|Tirunelveli]]
|1
|[[P. T. Thanu Pillai]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,05,793
|50.75
|Sankaranarayana Moopanar
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|54,319
|26.06
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|51,474
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|24.69
|-
!26
|[[Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency|Tenkasi]]
|1
|M. Sankarapandian
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,25,821
|50.97
|N. Shanmugam
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|1,21,021
|49.03
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|4,800
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|1.94
|-
!27
|[[Periyakulam Lok Sabha constituency|Periyakulam]]
|1
|R. Narayanasamy
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,16,715
|50.11
|Muthia
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|64,867
|27.85
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|51,848
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|22.26
|-
!28
|[[Madurai Lok Sabha constituency|Madurai]]
|1
|[[K. T. K. Thangamani]]
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|79,374
|35.02
|T. K. Rama
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|78,286
|34.54
|style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India}} ; color:white;"|1,088
|style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India}} ; color:white;"|0.48
|-
!29
|[[Dindigul Lok Sabha constituency|Dindigul]]
|2
|[[M. Gulam Mohideen Rowther|M. Ghulam Mohideen]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|2,25,510
|27.99
|S. C. Balakrishna
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,70,995
|21.22
|colspan="2"|{{abbr|N/A|Not applicable}}
|-
!30
|[[Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency|Pollachi]]
|1
|P. R. Ramakrishnan
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,39,984
|53.10
|Gurusami Aicker
|{{Party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
|[[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]]
|1,23,618
|46.90
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|16,366
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|6.20
|-
!31
|[[Namakkal Lok Sabha constituency|Namakkal]]
|2
|[[E. V. K. Sampath]]
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|1,82,066
|23.80
|S. R. Arumugam
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,64,221
|21.47
|colspan="2"|{{abbr|N/A|Not applicable}}
|-
!32
|[[Gobichettipalayam Lok Sabha constituency|Gobichettipalayam]]
|1
|[[K. S. Ramaswamy|Ramasami Gounder]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,15,365
|60.69
|Jothinath Singh
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|74,734
|39.31
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|40,631
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|21.38
|-
!33
|[[Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency|Coimbatore]]
|1
|[[Parvathi Krishnan|Parvati]]
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|1,10,454
|47.76
|P. S. Rangasami
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|95,442
|41.27
|style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India}} ; color:white;"|15,012
|style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India}} ; color:white;"|6.49
|-
!34
|[[Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency|Nilgiris]]
|1
|C. Nanjappan
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,22,388
|59.16
|P. S. Bharathi
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|56,754
|27.43
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|65,634
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|31.73
|-
|}

== See also ==

* [[Elections in Tamil Nadu]]

== Bibliography ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090409234842/http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf Volume I, 1957 Indian general election, 2nd Lok Sabha]

== External links ==

* [http://eci.nic.in/ Website of Election Commission of India]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090303040541/http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/stats.php CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History]

{{Tamil Nadu elections|state=expanded}}

[[Category:1957 elections in India]]
[[Category:1957 Indian general election by state or union territory|Madras]]
[[Category:1957 Indian general election|M]]
[[Category:Indian general elections in Tamil Nadu]]

1957 Indian general election in Madras State - Revision history

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