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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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18 of the 489 seats in the Lok Sabha | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 66.05 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |
Source: ECI |
# | Constituency | Turnout | Winner[1] | Party | Runner Up | Party | ||
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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[lower-alpha 1] | 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 | ||
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