Constituency
65. Irinjalakuda
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1960
KL-IRINJALAKUDA
CPI 50.3%won by 0.6%PSP 49.7%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 5.7% to 0.6%.
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 49.7% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Knife-edgeDecided by 361 votes (0.62%) — among the closest results anywhere.
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
57,777
Margin
361
0.62%
Candidates
2 contested · winner CPI- 1C. ACHUTHA MENONCommunist Party of India · CPI29,06950.3%
- 2P. ACHUTHA MENONPraja Socialist Party · PSP28,70849.7%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–PSP swing
- −51.5%
- CPI share
- 52.1% → 50.3%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 49.7%
- Turnout
- — → —