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1131:T. Ganapathy
888:Nagapattinam
823:Elayaperumal
768:Tiruchengode
600:Madras South
577:Madras North
430:Independents
420:
412:
281:
231:
218:
184:
174:
169:
119:First party
57:
26:
1188:Periyakulam
1142:Tirunelveli
1118:Tiruchendur
1108:Chellaswamy
1026:Pudukkottai
924:S. A. Rahim
855:V. Munusamy
814:Chidambaram
758:G. D. Naidu
745:Krishnagiri
722:Tiruppattur
646:Thiruvallur
623:Chengapattu
516:Total votes
490:Valid votes
228:Percentage
1839:Categories
1824:See also:
1327:Coimbatore
1222:T. K. Rama
957:Perambalur
911:Kumbakonam
847:Shanmugham
842:Tindivanam
568:Runner-up
532:17,514,993
464:10,950,841
288:Tamil Nadu
223:1,101,338
140:K. Kamaraj
93:17,514,993
90:Registered
62:1957-03-01
1797:Panchayat
1774:Municipal
1750:2016–2017
1730:1999–2000
1720:1952–1995
1095:Nagercoil
934:Thanjavur
865:Cuddalore
519:8,363,410
493:8,162,313
434:4,355,162
421:new party
413:new party
372:1,101,338
338:5,094,552
286:polls in
219:5,094,552
84:Lok Sabha
1374:See also
1350:Nilgiris
1278:Namakkal
1255:Pollachi
1232:Dindigul
1200:Muthiah
1745:2009–10
1740:2006–07
1735:2002–03
1725:1997–98
1209:Madurai
1165:Tenkasi
669:Vellore
562:Winner
506:201,097
406:399,789
236:10.06%
136:Leader
127:
116:
98:Turnout
60: (
571:Party
565:Party
522:100.00
467:100.00
445:14.82%
257:5.09%
249:4.55%
241:Swing
232:46.52%
151:Party
980:Karur
791:Salem
535:47.75
496:97.60
461:Total
437:39.77
383:5.09%
375:10.06
349:4.55%
341:46.52
323:Seats
314:Votes
311:Party
107:5.23%
1810:2019
1805:2011
1787:2022
1782:2011
1755:2019
1703:Next
1697:2021
1692:2016
1687:2011
1682:2006
1677:2001
1672:1996
1667:1991
1662:1989
1657:1984
1652:1980
1647:1977
1642:1971
1637:1967
1632:1962
1627:1957
1622:1952
1617:1946
1612:1937
1594:1946
1589:1937
1584:1934
1579:1930
1574:1926
1569:1923
1564:1920
1546:2024
1541:2019
1536:2014
1531:2009
1526:2004
1521:1999
1516:1998
1511:1996
1506:1991
1501:1989
1496:1984
1491:1980
1486:1977
1481:1971
1476:1967
1471:1962
1466:1957
1461:1951
1367:IND
1359:INC
1344:INC
1336:CPI
1321:CPI
1313:INC
1298:INC
1287:IND/
1272:PSP
1264:INC
1249:INC
1241:INC
1226:INC
1218:CPI
1203:IND
1197:INC
1182:CPI
1174:INC
1159:IND
1151:INC
1136:INC
1127:IND
1112:IND
1104:INC
1089:INC
1081:IND
1066:IND
1058:INC
1043:PSP
1035:INC
1020:CPI
1012:INC
997:IND
989:INC
974:IND
966:INC
951:PSP
943:INC
928:PSP
920:INC
905:INC
897:INC
882:INC
874:IND
859:IND
851:IND
836:IND
827:INC
821:and
808:IND
800:INC
785:PSP
777:INC
762:IND
754:INC
739:IND
731:INC
716:INC
705:IND/
690:IND
682:INC
676:and
663:IND
655:INC
640:INC
632:IND
617:IND
609:INC
594:INC
586:IND
509:2.40
409:3.65
282:The
70:1962
53:1951
1289:DMK
707:DMK
326:+/–
320:+/–
160:CPI
155:INC
1841::
473:41
352:31
210:1
202:5
189:2
185:31
1437:e
1430:t
1423:v
481:3
470:–
456:5
448:8
417:0
394:1
386:2
360:5
317:%
64:)
20:)
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