# 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.

## Voting and results

| Party | 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 | Total | 10,950,841 | 100.00 | – | 41 | 3 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 8,162,313 | 97.60 | | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 201,097 | 2.40 | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 8,363,410 | 100.00 | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 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

## List of Elected MPs

| Constituency | Winner | Party | Runner-up$^a$ | Party$^a$ |
| Madras North | S. C. C. Anthony Pillai | IND | T. Chengalvarayan | INC |
| Madras South | T. T. Krishnamachari | INC | P. Balasubramania Mudaliar | IND |
| Chengapattu | A. Krishnaswamy | IND | O. V. Alagesa Mudaliar | INC |
| Thiruvallur | R. Govindarajulu Naidu | INC | A. Raghava Reddy | IND |
| Vellore | M. Muthukrishnan and N. R. Munisamy | INC | G. M. Annalthango | IND |
| Tiruvannamalai | R. Dharmalingam | IND/DMK | G. Neelakantan | INC |
| Tiruppattur | A. Duraisami Gounder | INC | C. P. Chinnaraj | IND |
| Krishnagiri | C. R. Narasimman | INC | G. D. Naidu | IND |
| Tiruchengode | P. Subbarayan | INC | Palaniappa Bakhthar | PSP |
| Salem | S. V. Ramasami | INC | S. K. Baby Kandasamy | IND |
| Chidambaram | R. Kanagasabai Pillai and Elayaperumal | INC | Arumugham and Dhandapani Padayachi | IND |
| Tindivanam | Shanmugham | IND | V. Munusamy | IND |
| Cuddalore | T. D. Muthukumaraswamy Naidu | IND | S. Radhakrishnan | INC |
| Nagapattinam | K. R. Sambandam | INC | M. Ayyakannau | INC |
| Kumbakonam | C. R. Pattabiraman | INC | S. A. Rahim | PSP |
| Thanjavur | R. Venkataraman | INC | K. M. Vallatharasu | PSP |
| Perambalur | M. Palaniandi | INC | V. Boovaraghasamy Padayachi | IND |
| Karur | K. Periyasamy Gounder | INC | V. R. Seshaiyan | IND |
| Tiruchirappalli | M.K.M. Abdul Salam | INC | K. Ananda Nambiar | CPI |
| Pudukkottai | F. Ramanathan Chettiar | INC | K. M. Vallatharasu | PSP |
| Ramanathapuram | P. Subbiah Ambalam | INC | R. K. Ramakrishnan | IND |
| Srivilliputhur | U. Muthuramalinga Thevar | IND | S. S. Natarajan | INC |
| Nagercoil | P. Thanulinga Nadar | INC | Chellaswamy | IND |
| Tiruchendur | N. Duraipandi | IND | T. Ganapathy (returned uncontested) | INC |
| Tirunelveli | P. T. Thanu Pillai | INC | Sankaranarayana Moopanar | IND |
| Tenkasi | M. Sankarapandian | INC | N. Shanmugham | CPI |
| Periyakulam | R. Narayanasamy | INC | Muthiah | IND |
| Madurai | K. T. K. Thangamani | CPI | T. K. Rama | INC |
| Dindigul | M. Gulam Mohideen | INC | S. C. Balakrishnan | INC |
| Pollachi | P. R. Ramakrishnan | INC | Gurusamy Naicker | PSP |
| Namakkal | E. V. K. Sampath | IND/DMK | S. R. Arumugam | INC |
| Gobichettipalayam | K. S. Ramaswamy Gounder | INC | Jothinath Singh | CPI |
| Coimbatore | Parvathi Krishnan | CPI | P. S. Rangasami | INC |
| Nilgiris | C. Nanjappan | INC | P. S. Bharathi | IND |