Election Name: | 1957 Indian general election in Kerala |
Country: | India |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Elected Members: | List of members of the 2nd Lok Sabha#Kerala |
Next Election: | 1962 Indian general election in Kerala |
Next Year: | 1962 |
Turnout: | 66.05 |
Seats For Election: | 18 of the 489 seats in the Lok Sabha |
Image1: | E. M. S. Namboodiripad.jpg |
Leader1: | E. M. S. Namboodiripad |
Party1: | Communist Party of India |
Seats1: | 9 |
Popular Vote1: | 22,67,888 |
Percentage1: | 37.48 |
Leader2: | P. T. Chacko |
Party2: | Indian National Congress |
Seats2: | 6 |
Popular Vote2: | 21,02,883 |
Percentage2: | 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.
Constituency | Turnout | Winner[1] | Party | Runner Up | Party | |||
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1 | Trivandrum | 2,88,976 | Easwara Iyer | Thanu Pillai A | ||||
2 | Chirayinkil | 2,68,222 | Kumaran | Madhavan | ||||
3 | Quilon | 12,03,754 | Parameswaran Nair V | Ramachandra Das (S. C.) | ||||
Kodiyan (S. C.) | Chandrasekharan (S. C.) | |||||||
4 | Ambalapuzha | 3,24,471 | Punnoose, P. T. | Mohammed Sheriff K. P. | ||||
5 | Thiruvalla | 3,00,891 | Vasudevan Nair P. K. | George, P. S. | ||||
6 | Kottayam | 2,87,074 | Mathew Maniyangadan | Thomas | ||||
7 | Muvattupuzha | 2,42,844 | George Thomas | Jacob K. T. | ||||
8 | Ernakulam | 2,94,600 | Thomas (Alungal) | Abdul Kadar | ||||
9 | Mukundapuram | 3,05,569 | Narayanankutty Menon | Madhavan E. K. | ||||
10 | Trichur | 2,80,441 | Krishnan | Balakrishna Marar | ||||
11 | Palghat | 9,10,729 | Kunhan P. (SC) | Damodaran K. | ||||
Eacharan V. Iyyani (SC) | Vasu Menon, P. | |||||||
13 | Kozhikode | 2,68,664 | Kuttikrishnan Nair | Seethi Sahib Kottapurath | ||||
14 | Manjeri | 2,29,402 | Pocker Kuttivatha | Kunhikoya Palat | ||||
15 | Badagara | 2,95,682 | Menon K. B. | Gopalan Karipur | ||||
16 | Tellicherry | 2,96,394 | M. K. Jinachandran | Pottekkattu S. K | ||||
17 | Kasergod | 2,52,533 | Gopalan Ayillath Kuttieri | Achutha Shenoy B. | ||||