Constituency
64. Chalakudy
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1960
KL-CHALAKUDY
PSP 28.6%won by 0.1%INC 28.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Praja Socialist Party (PSP), which now leads by 0.1%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Praja Socialist Party (PSP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Knife-edgeDecided by 164 votes (0.07%) — 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
2,32,665
Margin
164
0.07%
Candidates
4 contested · winner PSP- 1C. G. JANARDHANANPraja Socialist Party · PSP66,61828.6%
- 2K. K. BALAKRISHNANIndian National Congress · INC66,45428.6%
- 3C. JANARDHANANCommunist Party of India · CPI49,82521.4%
- 4P. K. CHATHANCommunist Party of India · CPI49,76821.4%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- PSPflipped
- PSP–INC swing
- −2.0%
- PSP share
- 26.4% → 28.6%
- INC share
- 24.3% → 28.6%
- Turnout
- — → —