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64. Chalakudy

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1957

KL-CHALAKUDY

CPI 26.6%won by 0.3%PSP 26.4%

What the numbers say

Derived

Decided by 457 votes (0.28%) — among the closest results anywhere.

  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
1,63,059
Margin
457
0.28%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1P. K. CHATHAN (SC)Communist Party of India · CPI43,45426.6%
  2. 2C. J. JENARDHANANPraja Socialist Party · PSP42,99726.4%
  3. 3PANAMILLY GOVINDA MENONIndian National Congress · INC39,62724.3%
  4. 4K. K. BALAKRISHNAN (SC)Indian National Congress · INC30,93719.0%
  5. 5A. V. MOOTHEDANIndependent · IND6,0443.7%
63. Cranganore65. Irinjalakuda
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