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Constituency

105. Mattanur

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1960

KL-MATTANUR

CPI 50.1%won by 0.1%PSP 49.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.7% to 0.1%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Praja Socialist Party (PSP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 79.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
62,153
Margin
85
0.14%

Candidates

2 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1N. E. BALARAMCommunist Party of India · CPI31,11950.1%
  2. 2ACHUTHANPraja Socialist Party · PSP31,03449.9%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPIPSP swing
−30.4%
CPI share
51.1% 50.1%
PSP share
20.5% 49.9%
Turnout