Constituency
54. Mattancherry
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1960
KL-MATTANCHERRY
INC 63.6%won by 28.1%IND 35.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.0% to 28.1%.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 35.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.0% of the vote between them, up from 90.1% — 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
51,910
Margin
14,586
28.10%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1K. K. VISWANATHANIndian National Congress · INC32,99763.6%
- 2RATNAM RANGANATH RAIIndependent · IND18,41135.5%
- 3JOHN MANJOORANIndependent · IND5021.0%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −25.5%
- INC share
- 53.6% → 63.6%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 35.5%
- Turnout
- — → —