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163. Palakkad

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Kerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-PALAKKAD

CPI 25.7%won by 5.2%INC 20.5%

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
8,44,346
Turnout
107.9%
Valid votes
9,10,729
Margin
47,213
5.18%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1KUNHAN P.Communist Party of India · CPI2,33,80725.7%
  2. 2EACHARAN V. IYYANIIndian National Congress · INC1,86,59420.5%
  3. 3DAMODARAN K.Communist Party of India · CPI1,85,66220.4%
  4. 4VASU MENON, P.Indian National Congress · INC1,42,05315.6%
  5. 5CHADAYAN MUNIYADANIndependent · IND91,92210.1%
  6. 6MUHAMAD ISMAIL, T.Independent · IND70,6917.8%
162. Muvattupuzha164. Tellicherry
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