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.
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41 (of 494) seats in the Lok Sabha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 17,514,993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 8,363,410 (47.75%) 5.23% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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