1957 Indian general election in Madras State

1957 Indian general election in Madras

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41 (of 494) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered	17,514,993
Turnout	8,363,410 (47.75%) 5.23%
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 5 1 Popular vote 5,094,552 1,101,338 Percentage 46.52% 10.06% Swing 4.55% 5.09%
1957 Indian general election
Prime Minister before election Jawaharlal Nehru INC Prime Minister after election Jawaharlal Nehru INC

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.

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	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
Valid votes		8,162,313	97.60
Invalid/blank votes		201,097	2.40
Total votes		8,363,410	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		17,514,993	47.75

• 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