Election
Constituency

21. Kunnathur

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1960

KL-KUNNATHUR

INC 24.4%won by 0.9%CPI 23.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.9%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 17.3% to 24.4% of the vote here (+7.1%).
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 1,848 votes (0.88%) — 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
2,09,591
Margin
1,848
0.88%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1G. CANDRAS EKHARA PILLAIIndian National Congress · INC51,10124.4%
  2. 2P. C. ADICHENCommunist Party of India · CPI49,25323.5%
  3. 3P. R. MADHAVAN PILLAICommunist Party of India · CPI48,93123.3%
  4. 4C. C. PRASADPraja Socialist Party · PSP48,80523.3%
  5. 5P. RAGHAVAN PILLAIIndependent · IND5,2952.5%
  6. 6CHANDRANIndependent · IND4,5632.2%
  7. 7K. S. KRISHNA SASTRIIndependent · IND9730.5%
  8. 8P. P. LAZARIndependent · IND4250.2%
  9. 9KUNJUKUNJUIndependent · IND2450.1%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–CPI swing
+8.1%
INC share
17.3% → 24.4%
CPI share
24.5% → 23.5%
Turnout
— → —
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