1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
← 1954
(Travancore–Cochin)
← 1952
(Madras)		 28 February – 11 March 1957 1960 →
All 126 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly
64 seats needed for a majority
Turnout65.49%
  First party Second party
 
Leader E. M. S. Namboodiripad P. T. Chacko
Party CPI INC
Leader's seat Nileshwaram Vazhoor
Seats won 60 43
Popular vote 20,59,547 22,09,251
Percentage 35.28% 37.85%
Chief Minister before election

Position established

 Chief Minister

E. M. S. Namboodiripad
Communist Party of India

The Kerala Legislative Assembly election of 1957 was the first assembly election in the Indian state of Kerala. The Communist Party of India won the election with 60 seats. The election led to the formation of first democratically elected communist government in India.[1] The election also made Kerala as the first state to elect a Non-Congress party in the country.[2]

  1. ^ James Manor (1994). Nehru to the Nineties: The Changing Office of Prime Minister in India. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. p. 210. ISBN 978-1-85065-180-2.
  2. ^ James Manor (1994). Nehru to the Nineties: The Changing Office of Prime Minister in India. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. p. 210. ISBN 978-1-85065-180-2.