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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
- 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 | Template:Abbr | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||||
| 1 | Madras North | 1 | S. C. C. Anthony Pillai | Template:Party color cell | IND | 86,139 | 48.71 | T. Chengalvarayan | Template:Party color cell | INC | 76,141 | 43.06 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|9,998 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|5.65 |
| 2 | Madras South | 1 | T. T. Krishnamachari | Template:Party color cell | INC | 81,390 | 45.93 | P. Balasubramania Mudaliar | Template:Party color cell | IND | 71,284 | 40.23 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|10,106 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|5.70 |
| 3 | Chingleput | 2 | Dr. A. Krishnaswamy | Template:Party color cell | IND | 1,88,481 | 26.81 | O. V. Alagesa Mudaliar | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,86,753 | 26.57 | Template:Abbr | |
| 4 | Tiruvallur | 1 | R. Govindarajulu Naidu | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,20,363 | 64.90 | A. Raghava Reddy | Template:Party color cell | IND | 65,083 | 35.10 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|55,280 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|29.80 |
| 5 | Vellore | 2 | N. R. Munisamy | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,44,377 | 19.24 | M. Muthukrishnan | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,26,132 | 16.81 | Template:Abbr | |
| 6 | Thiruvannamalai | 1 | Dharmalingam | Template:Party color cell | IND | 84,309 | 41.75 | G. Neelakantan | Template:Party color cell | INC | 74,070 | 36.68 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|10,239 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|5.07 |
| 7 | Tiruppattur | 1 | A. Duraisami Gounder | Template:Party color cell | INC | 71,564 | 44.55 | C. P. Chinnaraj | Template:Party color cell | IND | 42,875 | 26.69 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28,689 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|17.86 |
| 8 | Krishnagiri | 1 | C. R. Narsimhan | Template:Party color cell | INC | 57,683 | 40.00 | G. D. Naidu | Template:Party color cell | IND | 57,316 | 39.75 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|367 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|0.25 |
| 9 | Tiruchengode | 1 | Dr. P. Subbarayan | Template:Party color cell | INC | 86,935 | 57.72 | Palaniappa Bakthar | Template:Party color cell | PSP | 26,240 | 17.42 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|60,695 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|40.30 |
| 10 | Salem | 1 | S. V. Ramasami | Template:Party color cell | INC | 85,342 | 47.18 | S. K. Babie Kandasami | Template:Party color cell | IND | 30,764 | 17.01 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|54,578 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|30.17 |
| 21 | Ramanathapuram | 1 | P. Subbiah Ambalam | Template:Party color cell | INC | 89,701 | 37.61 | R. K. Ramakrishnan | Template:Party color cell | IND | 50,668 | 21.24 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|39,033 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16.37 |
| 22 | Srivilliputhur | 2 | U. Muthuramalinga Thevar | Template:Party color cell | IND | 2,06,999 | 24.17 | S. S. Natarajan | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,67,676 | 19.58 | Template:Abbr | |
| 23 | Nagercoil | 1 | Thanulingom Nadar | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,43,288 | 75.78 | Chellaswamy | Template:Party color cell | IND | 45,798 | 24.22 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|97,490 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|51.56 |
| 24 | Tiruchendur | 1 | T. Ganapathy | Template:Party color cell | INC | Won Uncontested | ||||||||
| 25 | Tirunelveli | 1 | P. T. Thanu Pillai | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,05,793 | 50.75 | Sankaranarayana Moopanar | Template:Party color cell | IND | 54,319 | 26.06 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|51,474 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|24.69 |
| 26 | Tenkasi | 1 | M. Sankarapandian | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,25,821 | 50.97 | N. Shanmugam | Template:Party color cell | CPI | 1,21,021 | 49.03 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|4,800 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1.94 |
| 27 | Periyakulam | 1 | R. Narayanasamy | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,16,715 | 50.11 | Muthia | Template:Party color cell | IND | 64,867 | 27.85 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|51,848 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22.26 |
| 28 | Madurai | 1 | K. T. K. Thangamani | Template:Party color cell | CPI | 79,374 | 35.02 | T. K. Rama | Template:Party color cell | INC | 78,286 | 34.54 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1,088 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|0.48 |
| 29 | Dindigul | 2 | M. Ghulam Mohideen | Template:Party color cell | INC | 2,25,510 | 27.99 | S. C. Balakrishna | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,70,995 | 21.22 | Template:Abbr | |
| 30 | Pollachi | 1 | P. R. Ramakrishnan | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,39,984 | 53.10 | Gurusami Aicker | Template:Party color cell | PSP | 1,23,618 | 46.90 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16,366 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|6.20 |
| 31 | Namakkal | 2 | E. V. K. Sampath | Template:Party color cell | IND | 1,82,066 | 23.80 | S. R. Arumugam | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,64,221 | 21.47 | Template:Abbr | |
| 32 | Gobichettipalayam | 1 | Ramasami Gounder | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,15,365 | 60.69 | Jothinath Singh | Template:Party color cell | CPI | 74,734 | 39.31 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|40,631 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|21.38 |
| 33 | Coimbatore | 1 | Parvati | Template:Party color cell | CPI | 1,10,454 | 47.76 | P. S. Rangasami | Template:Party color cell | INC | 95,442 | 41.27 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|15,012 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|6.49 |
| 34 | Nilgiris | 1 | C. Nanjappan | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,22,388 | 59.16 | P. S. Bharathi | Template:Party color cell | IND | 56,754 | 27.43 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|65,634 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|31.73 |