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155. Ernakulam

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Kerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-ERNAKULAM

INC 48.3%won by 3.6%IND 44.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.7% to 3.6%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Kisan Samaj Party (S) (KSP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.9% of the vote between them, up from 83.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
4,17,148
Turnout
70.6%
Valid votes
2,94,600
Margin
10,623
3.61%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1THOMAS ( ALUNGAL )Indian National Congress · INC1,42,20248.3%
  2. 2ABDUL KADARIndependent · IND1,31,57944.7%
  3. 3MADHAVAN E. K.Independent · IND12,5444.3%
  4. 4MOOTHEDAN VARKEYIndependent · IND8,2752.8%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−21.4%
INC share
41.9% → 48.3%
IND share
16.9% → 44.7%
Turnout
69.8% → 70.6%
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