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1957 Indian general election in Kerala
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18 of the 489 seats in the Lok Sabha
Turnout66.05
  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

PartyVotes%Seats
Communist Party of India2,267,88837.489
Indian National Congress2,102,88334.766
Praja Socialist Party438,4597.251
Revolutionary Socialist Party308,7425.100
Independents932,27415.412
Total6,050,246100.0018
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
  1. ^ This is not a mistake in numbering, it is the order of it given in ECI result

References

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

Bibliography

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