1957 Indian general election in Kerala

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1957 Indian general election in Kerala
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  1951–52
(TC)

1951–52
(MA)
28 February 1957 (1957-02-28)1962 
  TC
MA

18 of the 489 seats in the Lok Sabha
Turnout66.05
 First partySecond party
  E. M. S. Namboodiripad.jpg P. T. Chacko (image).png
Leader E. M. S. Namboodiripad P. T. Chacko
Party CPI INC
Seats won96
Popular vote22,67,88821,02,883
Percentage37.4834.76

1957 Indian general election in Kerala was held for 18 seats in the state. The result was a victory for Communist Party of India winning 9 out of 18 seats. The major opposition for CPI, the Indian National Congress, won 6 seats.

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Results

By Party

PartyVotes%Seats
Communist Party of India 2,267,88837.489
Indian National Congress 2,102,88334.766
Praja Socialist Party 438,4597.251
Revolutionary Socialist Party 308,7425.100
Independents932,27415.412
Total6,050,246100.0018
Source: ECI

By constituency

#ConstituencyTurnoutWinner [1] PartyRunner UpParty
1Trivandrum2,88,976Easwara Iyer Independent Thanu Pillai A PSP
2Chirayinkil2,68,222Kumaran CPI Madhavan INC
3Quilon12,03,754Parameswaran Nair V CPI Ramachandra Das (S. C. ) INC
Kodiyan (S. C. ) CPI Chandrasekharan (S. C. ) RSP
4Ambalapuzha3,24,471Punnoose, P. T. CPI Mohammed Sheriff K. P. INC
5Thiruvalla3,00,891Vasudevan Nair P. K. CPI George, P. S. INC
6Kottayam2,87,074Mathew Maniyangadan INC Thomas CPI
7Muvattupuzha2,42,844George Thomas INC Jacob K. T. CPI
8Ernakulam2,94,600Thomas (Alungal) INC Abdul Kadar Independent
9Mukundapuram3,05,569Narayanankutty Menon CPI Madhavan E. K. INC
10Trichur2,80,441Krishnan CPI Balakrishna Marar INC
11Palghat9,10,729Kunhan P. (SC) CPI Damodaran K. CPI
Eacharan V. Iyyani (SC) INC Vasu Menon, P. INC
13 [lower-alpha 1] Kozhikode2,68,664Kuttikrishnan Nair INC Seethi Sahib Kottapurath Independent
14Manjeri2,29,402Pocker Kuttivatha Independent Kunhikoya Palat INC
15Badagara2,95,682Menon K. B. PSP Gopalan Karipur INC
16Tellicherry2,96,394M. K. Jinachandran INC Pottekkattu S. K Independent
17Kasergod2,52,533Gopalan Ayillath Kuttieri CPI Achutha Shenoy B. Independent
  1. This is not a mistake in numbering, it is the order of it given in ECI result

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  1. "General Election, 1957 (Vol I, II)". eci.gov.in. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2024.

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