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157. Kollam

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Kerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-KOLLAM

CPI 24.7%won by 2.2%CPI 22.5%

What the numbers say

Derived

6 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
8,01,581
Turnout
150.2%
Valid votes
12,03,754
Margin
26,735
2.22%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1KODIYAN (S. C. )Communist Party of India · CPI2,97,04124.7%
  2. 2PARAMESWARAN NAIR V.Communist Party of India · CPI2,70,30622.5%
  3. 3RAMACHANDRA DAS (S. C. )Indian National Congress · INC2,01,45416.7%
  4. 4CHANDRASEKHARAN (S. C. )Rashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP1,71,94614.3%
  5. 5VELAYUDHAN NAIRIndian National Congress · INC1,61,91313.5%
  6. 6SREEKANTAN NAIRRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP1,01,0948.4%
156. Kasaragod158. Kottayam
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