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11. Varkala

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1960

KL-VARKALA

INC 25.0%won by 0.1%CPI 24.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.1%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 14.3% to 25.0% of the vote here (+10.6%).
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 117 votes (0.06%) — 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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not in source
Valid votes
2,01,312
Margin
117
0.06%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHAMSUDDINIndian National Congress · INC50,23125.0%
  2. 2BALAKRISHNANCommunist Party of India · CPI50,11424.9%
  3. 3KANJGAPraja Socialist Party · PSP49,98924.8%
  4. 4ABDUL MAJEEDCommunist Party of India · CPI49,86224.8%
  5. 5V. NEELA KANTANIndependent · IND6410.3%
  6. 6U. NEELAKANTANIndependent · IND4750.2%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–CPI swing
+14.3%
INC share
14.3% → 25.0%
CPI share
28.6% → 24.9%
Turnout
— → —
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