1957 Indian general election in Kerala
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← 1951–52 (TC) ← 1951–52 (MA) | 28 February 1957 (1957-02-28) | 1962 → |
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18 of the 489 seats in the Lok Sabha |
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Turnout | 66.05 |
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| First party | Second party | | | | Leader | E. M. S. Namboodiripad | P. T. Chacko | Party | CPI | INC | Seats won | 9 | 6 | Popular vote | 22,67,888 | 21,02,883 | Percentage | 37.48 | 34.76 | |
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.
Results
By Party
Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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| Communist Party of India | 2,267,888 | 37.48 | 9 |
| Indian National Congress | 2,102,883 | 34.76 | 6 |
| Praja Socialist Party | 438,459 | 7.25 | 1 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 308,742 | 5.10 | 0 |
| Independents | 932,274 | 15.41 | 2 |
Total | 6,050,246 | 100.00 | 18 |
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Source: ECI |
By constituency
# | Constituency | Turnout | Winner[1] | Party | Runner Up | Party |
1 | Trivandrum | 2,88,976 | Easwara Iyer | | Independent | Thanu Pillai A | | PSP |
2 | Chirayinkil | 2,68,222 | Kumaran | | CPI | Madhavan | | INC |
3 | Quilon | 12,03,754 | Parameswaran Nair V | | CPI | Ramachandra Das (S. C. ) | | INC |
Kodiyan (S. C. ) | | CPI | Chandrasekharan (S. C. ) | | RSP |
4 | Ambalapuzha | 3,24,471 | Punnoose, P. T. | | CPI | Mohammed Sheriff K. P. | | INC |
5 | Thiruvalla | 3,00,891 | Vasudevan Nair P. K. | | CPI | George, P. S. | | INC |
6 | Kottayam | 2,87,074 | Mathew Maniyangadan | | INC | Thomas | | CPI |
7 | Muvattupuzha | 2,42,844 | George Thomas | | INC | Jacob K. T. | | CPI |
8 | Ernakulam | 2,94,600 | Thomas (Alungal) | | INC | Abdul Kadar | | Independent |
9 | Mukundapuram | 3,05,569 | Narayanankutty Menon | | CPI | Madhavan E. K. | | INC |
10 | Trichur | 2,80,441 | Krishnan | | CPI | Balakrishna Marar | | INC |
11 | Palghat | 9,10,729 | Kunhan P. (SC) | | CPI | Damodaran K. | | CPI |
Eacharan V. Iyyani (SC) | | INC | Vasu Menon, P. | | INC |
13[a] | Kozhikode | 2,68,664 | Kuttikrishnan Nair | | INC | Seethi Sahib Kottapurath | | Independent |
14 | Manjeri | 2,29,402 | Pocker Kuttivatha | | Independent | Kunhikoya Palat | | INC |
15 | Badagara | 2,95,682 | Menon K. B. | | PSP | Gopalan Karipur | | INC |
16 | Tellicherry | 2,96,394 | M. K. Jinachandran | | INC | Pottekkattu S. K | | Independent |
17 | Kasergod | 2,52,533 | Gopalan Ayillath Kuttieri | | CPI | Achutha Shenoy B. | | Independent |
- ^ This is not a mistake in numbering, it is the order of it given in ECI result
References
- ^ "General Election, 1957 (Vol I, II)". eci.gov.in. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
Bibliography
- Volume I, 1957 Indian general election, 2nd Lok Sabha
External links
- Website of Election Commission of India
- CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History