Constituency
83. Ottapalam
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1960
KL-OTTAPALAM
CPI 57.7%won by 15.5%PSP 42.3%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.9% to 15.5%.
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 42.3% — it did not contest here in 1957.
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
42,859
Margin
6,623
15.45%
Candidates
2 contested · winner CPI- 1KUNHUNNI NAYARCommunist Party of India · CPI24,74157.7%
- 2CHANDRASEKHARA KURUPPraja Socialist Party · PSP18,11842.3%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–PSP swing
- −36.0%
- CPI share
- 51.4% → 57.7%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 42.3%
- Turnout
- — → —