Constituency
159. Kozhikode
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-KOZHIKODE
INC 38.5%won by 5.2%IND 33.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: KMPP (KMPP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.2%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 32.6% to 38.5% of the vote here (+5.9%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.9% between them, down from 76.9% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 7.0% to 59.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,52,798
Turnout
59.3%
Valid votes
2,68,664
Margin
13,942
5.19%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1KUTTIKRISHNAN NAIRIndian National Congress · INC1,03,49238.5%
- 2SEETHI SAHIB KOTTAPURATHIndependent · IND89,55033.3%
- 3KRISHNAN KALLATCommunist Party of India · CPI75,62228.1%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- KMPP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- −4.3%
- INC share
- 32.6% → 38.5%
- IND share
- 23.1% → 33.3%
- Turnout
- 66.3% → 59.3%