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1957 Indian general election in Kerala Turnout 66.05
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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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
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