Indian general election, 1951 (Madras)

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Indian general election in Madras, 1951
November 1951 1957 →
75 seats
  First party Second party
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Leader Jawaharlal Nehru Shripat Amrit Dange
Party INC CPI
Seats won 35 8
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The Indian general election, 1951 was the first democratic national election held in India after Independence, and the polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 62 seats. This state had the second largest number of seats, after Uttar Pradesh, because part of current Andhra Pradesh was part of the state of Madras. The result was a victory for Indian National Congress winning 35 out of the 75 seats. While the remaining seats were won by left and independent parties, opposed to Congress.

Voting and Results

Results by Alliance

INC SEATS CPI SEATS OTHERS SEATS
INC 35 CPI 8 IND 15
KMPP 5
Others 12
TOTAL (1951) 29 TOTAL (1951) 8 TOTAL (1951) 75
  • Independent parties are local state parties, that are unrecognized nationally

List of Elected MPs

Constituency Winner Party Runner-upa Partya
Madras T. T. Krishnamachari INC Balasubramanya MDR JUSP
Thiruvallur Maragatham Chandrasekhar
P. Natesan		 INC
 Guruswami
Sarojini Rajah		 IND
KMPP
Chengalpattu O. V. Alagesan INC A. R. L. Pathy KMPP
Kancheepuram A. Krishnaswami CWL T. Chengalvarayan INC
Vellore M. Muthukrishnan
Ramachandar		 INC
CWL		 N. S. Varadachari
Muhammad Anwar		 INC
IND
Vandavasi Munusami CWL Ramachandra Reddy INC
Krishnagiri C. R. Narasimhan INC C. Doraisami Gounder IND
Dharmapuri N. Satyanathan IND K. Subramanian INC
Salem S. V. Ramaswami INC S. Duraikannu Pillai IND
Erode Balakrishnan
Periasami Gounder		 INC
INC		 Kesavlal Jalidas Jait
Pasupathi		 IND
SP
Tiruchengode S. K. Baby IND P. Subbarayan INC
Tiruppur T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar INC Venkatachalam IND
Pollachi Damodaran INC Krishnabai Nimbkar Vasudev SP
Pudukkottai K. M. Vallatharasu KMPP V. Ramaiah Servai INC
Perambalur V. Boorarangaswami Padayachi TNT R. Krishnaswami Reddiar INC
Tiruchirappalli E. Mathuram IND N. Halasyam INC
Thanjavur R. Venkataraman INC R. Srinivasa Sharma IND
Kumbakonam C. Ramaswamy Mudaliar INC Ramaiah IND
Mayuram K. Ananda Nambiar
K. Santhanam		 CPI
INC		 V. Veeraswami
R.Subramaniam		 INC
CPI
Cuddalore Govindasamy Kachirayar
Kanakasabai		 TNT
INC		 L. Elayaperumal
N. Rajangan		 INC
TNT
Tindivanam A. Jayaraman & V. Munuswamy TNT V. I. Munuswamy Pillai& Ramnath Goenka INC
Tirunelveli P. T. Thanu Pillai INC Adhimoolam Nadar IND
Srivaikuntam A. V. Thomas INC M. M. Subramanian SP
Sankaranainarkoil M. Sankarapandian INC Ahmad Ibrahim IND
Aruppukottai U. Muthuramalinga Thevar FBL (MG) M. Gulam Mohideen INC
Ramanathapuram V. VR. N. AR. Nagappa Chettiar INC T. Sundaram KMPP
Srivilliputhur K. Kamaraj Nadar INC G. D. Naidu IND
Madurai S. Balasubramaniam Kodimangalam
P. M. Kakkan		 INC
INC		 Thangamani Nadar
S. A. Rahim		 CPI
SP
Periyakulam A. Sakthivadivel Gounder INC C. Raghupathi Thevar FBL (MG)
Dindigul Ammu Swaminathan INC Krishnaswami CPI
Nagercoil A. Nesamony TTC Sivathanu Pillai IND

See also

Bibliography

External links

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