Election
Constituency

41. Kottayam

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1960

KL-KOTTAYAM

INC 50.9%won by 2.0%CPI 48.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.0%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 45.4% to 50.9% of the vote here (+5.4%).

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
57,029
Margin
1,157
2.03%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC
  1. 1M. P. GOVINDAN NAIRIndian National Congress · INC29,02050.9%
  2. 2N. RAGHAVA KURUPCommunist Party of India · CPI27,86348.9%
  3. 3PALATHINGAL GEORGE ISSACIndependent · IND1460.3%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–CPI swing
+7.0%
INC share
45.4% → 50.9%
CPI share
50.4% → 48.9%
Turnout
— → —
40. Puthupally42. Ettumanoor
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