Constituency
48. Devicolam
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1960
KL-DEVICOLAM
INC 25.1%won by 0.8%CPI 24.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.8%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 20.3% to 25.1% of the vote here (+4.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 49.5% of the vote between them, up from 41.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
2,98,915
Margin
2,340
0.78%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1MURUGESAN THIRUVENGADANIndian National Congress · INC75,14125.1%
- 2SUNDARAM MURUKANDYCommunist Party of India · CPI72,80124.4%
- 3ROSAMMA PUNNOSECommunist Party of India · CPI71,93624.1%
- 4SUBBIAH ADICHA PILLAIPraja Socialist Party · PSP71,36123.9%
- 5DEVASSYKUTTY ANTONYIndependent · IND4,1981.4%
- 6VELAYUDHAN SUDALAIMUTHUIndependent · IND1,6420.5%
- 7SANKARA KARNAVARIndependent · IND1,0230.3%
- 8GANAPATHYIndependent · IND8130.3%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPI swing
- +2.0%
- INC share
- 20.3% → 25.1%
- CPI share
- 21.6% → 24.4%
- Turnout
- — → —