1954 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election

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1954 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election
← 1952 15 February 1954 1957 →
All 117 seats in the Travancore–Cochin Legislative Assembly
59 seats needed for a majority
Turnout74.07%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader A. J. John T. V. Thomas Pattom Thanu Pillai
Party INC CPI PSP
Alliance UFL UFL
Leader's seat Poonjar Alappuzha Trivandrum II
Last election 44 Didn't contest Didn't contest
Seats won 45 23 19
Seat change Increase1 Increase23 Increase19
Popular vote 1762820 652613 632623
Percentage 45.32 16.78 16.26
Swing Increase9.88 Increase16.78 Increase16.26
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party TTNC RSP
Alliance UFL
Last election 8 6
Seats won 12 9
Seat change Increase4 Increase3
Popular vote 237411 212354
Percentage 6.10 5.46
Swing Increase0.18 Increase1.98
Location of Travancore-Cochin in India
Chief Minister before election

A. J. John
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Pattom Thanu Pillai
PSP

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Travancore-Cochin were held on 15 February 1954. 265 candidates competed for the 106 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 11 two-member constituencies and 95 single-member constituencies. Out of these, one single member and one two-member constituency was reserved for SC.[1] The main contest in the election was between the Indian National Congress (INC) and the United Front of Leftists (UFL). Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress was also significant in some Tamil - significant constituencies.

Results

Summary

Summary of results of the 1954 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election[1]
Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won Net Change
in seats		 % of
Seats 		Votes Vote % Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 115 45 Increase 1 38.46 17,62,820 45.32 Increase 9.88
Communist Party of India 36 23 New 19.66 6,52,613 16.78 New
Praja Socialist Party 38 19 New 16.24 6,32,623 16.26 New
Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress 16 12 Increase 4 10.26 2,37,411 6.10 Increase 0.18
Revolutionary Socialist Party 12 9 Increase 3 7.69 212354 5.46 Increase 1.98
Independent 47 9 Decrease 28 7.69 3,91,612 10.07 N/A
Total seats 117 (Increase 9) Voters 52,51,560 Turnout 38,89,836 (74.07%)

By constituency

Results[2]
Assembly Constituency Turnout
(%) 		Winner Runner Up Winning Party Margin
# Name Seats Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1 Tovala 1 71.02 Ramaswami Pillai. S PSP 16702 57.09 Sivarama Pillai. K INC 8117 27.75 PSP 8585
2 Agastisvaram 1 66.67 Thanulingam Nadar. P TTNC 15587 52.34 Balakrishnan. C INC 8866 29.77 TTNC 6721
3 Nagercoil 1 72.23 Anantharaman. D TTNC 14063 43.14 Sankar. C CPI 10468 32.11 TTNC 3595
4 Neendakara 1 68.19 Chidambaranantha Nadar. A TTNC 20169 72.83 Thomas. D INC 7525 27.17 TTNC 12644
5 Padmanabhapuram 1 66.02 Noor Mohammed. N. A TTNC 14684 57.59 Gregory Rajamony. V IND 7600 29.81 TTNC 7084
6 Tiruvattar 1 56.50 Ramaswamy Pillai TTNC 18104 88.91 Pakianathan INC 2258 11.09 TTNC 15846
7 Colachel 1 69.48 Thompson Tharmaraj Daniel TTNC 15542 59.14 Ramachandra Nadar INC 10738 40.86 TTNC 4804
8 Killiyoor 1 55.16 Ponnappan Nadar TTNC 17113 85.61 Gabriel INC 2877 14.39 TTNC 14236
9 Vilavankod 1 67.65 William TTNC 17291 63.87 G. S. Mony CPI 8274 30.56 TTNC 9017
10 Kollenkode 1 75.95 Alexander Manuel Simon TTNC 17936 57.04 Doraswamy INC 13509 42.96 TTNC 4427
11 Parassala 1 73.94 Kunjan Nadar TTNC 11140 48.50 Stuart (Isaac) CPI 8688 37.83 TTNC 2452
12 Kunnathukal 1 67.32 Krishna Pillai PSP 11669 51.60 D. Gana Sigamony TTNC 8616 38.10 PSP 3053
13 Kottukal 1 74.12 Vivekanandan IND 11284 45.07 Jacob Kadaksham TTNC 7044 28.14 IND 4240
14 Nemom 1 73.61 Vishwambaran PSP 15582 64.32 G. Chandrasekhara Pillai INC 8643 35.68 PSP 6939
15 Neyyatinkara 1 73.97 M. Bhaskaran Nair INC 12742 53.08 Krishna Pillai PSP 11265 46.92 INC 1477
16 Karakulam 1 66.57 R. Balakrishna Pillai CPI 13635 63.17 V. Kesavan Nair INC 7951 36.83 CPI 5684
17 Palode 1 64.93 N. Chandrasekharan Nair PSP 12374 56.68 K. Bhaskaran INC 9458 43.32 PSP 2916
18 Nedumangad 1 68.31 K. Neelakantaru Pandarathil CPI 14514 68.78 K. P. Alikunju INC 6588 31.22 CPI 7926
19 Trivandrum I 1 68.64 Nataraja Pillai PSP 14121 57.64 K. R. Elankath INC 10191 41.60 PSP 3930
20 Trivandrum II 1 68.90 A. Thanu Pillai PSP 15130 62.57 K. P. Neelakanta Pillai IND 7724 31.94 PSP 7406
21 Trivandrum III 1 60.98 K. Balakrishnan RSP 13583 61.47 C. R. Das INC 8112 36.71 RSP 5471
22 Ollur 2 130.13
(Two seats) 		Sreedharan
P. Kunjan 		CPI
PSP 		25660
24911 		29.19
28.34 		Gopi
Krishna Sasthri 		INC
INC 		17100
15792 		19.45
17.96 		CPI
PSP 		-
23 Chirayinkil 1 75.39 U. Neelakantan IND 12841 51.96 P. Nanu INC 11871 48.04 IND 970
24 Attingal 1 73.92 R. Prakasam CPI 15342 60.74 G. Krishna Pillai INC 9917 39.26 CPI 5425
25 Varkala 2 145.69
(Two seats) 		Kochukunju
Majeed 		PSP
IND 		30226
29956 		30.68
30.41 		Achutan
K. Shahul Hameed 		INC
INC 		19660
18670 		19.96
18.95 		PSP
IND 		-
26 Paravur 1 81.14 Ravindran CPI 15551 56.56 Gopala Pillai INC 11673 42.46 CPI 3878
27 Eravipuram 2 154.76
(Two seats) 		Chandrasekharan
Sukumaran 		RSP
CPI 		34038
33276 		30.82
30.13 		Fernandez
Krishnan 		INC
INC 		22341
20785 		20.23
18.82 		RSP
CPI 		-
28 Quilon (SC) 1 78.51 T. K. Divakaran RSP 20063 59.09 R. Sankar INC 13888 40.91 RSP 6175
29 Trikkadavur 1 79.16 Prakkulam Bhasi RSP 16686 59.66 Balakrishna Pillai INC 11157 39.89 RSP 5529
30 Chavara 1 84.87 Baby John RSP 16552 53.53 Kunju Krishnan INC 14377 46.48 RSP 2175
31 Karunagappalli 1 83.63 A. A. Rahim INC 15983 51.19 T. A. Moideen Kunju IND 15242 48.81 INC 741
32 Krishnapuram 1 79.02 P. P. Kunju PSP 18835 62.14 P. K. Lakshmanan INC 11478 37.86 PSP 7357
33 Bharanikavu (SC) 2 152.00
(Two seats) 		Bhaskaran Pillai
Kuttappan 		CPI
CPI 		39254
36469 		32.81
30.48 		Kandan Kali
Raghavan 		INC
INC 		22231
19283 		18.58
16.12 		CPI
CPI 		-
34 Kunnathur 2 154.05
(Two seats) 		Madhavan Pillai
K. S. Krishna Sasthri 		CPI
RSP 		29283
29002 		27.49
27.23 		Adichan
Bhaskaran Nair 		INC
INC 		23505
23436 		22.07
22.00 		CPI
RSP 		-
35 Kottarakara 1 76.00 B. B. Pandarathil RSP 17659 61.46 Raman Pillai INC 11073 38.54 RSP 6586
36 Veliyam 1 77.44 Damodaran Potti PSP 16862 65.73 Chandapillai Panicker INC 8791 34.27 PSP 8071
37 Chadayamangalam 1 69.68 V. Gangadharan PSP 17291 69.31 Muhammad INC 7657 30.69 PSP 9634
38 Punalur 1 78.47 Gopalan IND 15574 56.16 Padmanabha Pillai INC 12157 43.84 IND 3417
39 Shencotta 1 72.91 K. Sattanatha Karayalar IND 14092 55.79 Ramachandra Iyer INC 11166 44.21 IND 2926
40 Pathanapuram 1 81.27 Velayudhan Nair INC 14172 51.32 M. N. Govindhan Nair CPI 13445 48.68 INC 727
41 Ranni 1 82.14 Idiculla Idiculla PSP 16485 57.12 V. O. Markos INC 12377 42.88 PSP 4108
42 Pathanamthitta 1 77.01 P. S. Vasudevan Pillai INC 13364 45.09 P. Raman Pillai IND 12538 42.30 INC 826
43 Omallur 1 75.38 N. G. Chacko INC 16625 56.24 V. M. Kurien PSP 12935 43.76 INC 3690
44 Ezhumattur 1 81.50 T. M. Varghese INC 14906 56.25 Saramma Mathew PSP 11594 43.75 INC 3312
45 Tiruvalla 1 74.54 Chandrasekharan Pillai. M. P INC 14421 52.53 Mamman PSP 13032 47.47 INC 1389
46 Chengannur 2 141.35
(Two seats) 		Ramachandran Nair. C. K
P. K. Kunjachan 		PSP
CPI 		27757
27316 		27.54
27.10 		Ramachandra Das
Velayudhan 		INC
INC 		23930
21801 		23.74
21.63 		PSP
CPI 		-
47 Kadapra 1 71.12 Parameswaran Nambudiri PSP 15817 53.76 Sadasivan Pillai INC 13607 46.24 PSP 2210
48 Mavelikara 1 73.71 R. Sankara Narayanan Tampi CPI 20746 63.51 P. Balakrishnan Tampi INC 11792 36.10 CPI 8954
49 Pattiyur 1 78.45 Yesodharan RSP 19142 63.13 Bhanu INC 10276 33.89 RSP 8866
50 Kartikapally 1 78.44 A. Achyuthen PSP 17863 59.20 A. P. Udayabhanu INC 12309 40.80 PSP 5554
51 Ambalapuzha 1 73.39 Narayanan Potti RSP 17486 63.63 Sankara Pillai INC 9994 36.37 RSP 7492
52 Alleppey I 1 80.26 K. C. George CPI 16703 54.16 Balakrishnan Nair INC 14135 45.84 CPI 2568
53 Alleppey II 1 84.39 T. V. Thomas CPI 18569 54.80 Abdulla INC 15319 45.20 CPI 3250
54 Mararikulam 1 82.53 R. Sugathan CPI 18447 56.32 Karunakara Thandar INC 14308 43.68 CPI 4139
55 Shertala 1 75.95 K. R. Gouri CPI 21042 63.16 Aiyappan INC 12273 36.84 CPI 8769
56 Turavur 1 84.77 Sadasivan CPI 16515 53.43 P. S. Karthikeyan INC 14396 46.57 CPI 2119
57 Arur 1 78.00 Aviratharaken IND 11504 36.96 P. V. Varkey Tharakan INC 10832 34.80 IND 672
58 Takazhi 1 73.62 Narayana Kurup INC 15205 55.75 Kumara Pillai RSP 12069 44.25 INC 3136
59 Kalloppara 1 71.84 Mathai INC 16219 60.42 Mathew. K. A PSP 9633 35.88 INC 6586
60 Manimala 1 77.00 Korah INC 14780 56.03 Rosamma IND 11598 43.97 INC 3182
61 Vazhur 1 76.33 Narayana Kurup PSP 14489 51.91 Narayanan INC 13422 48.09 PSP 1067
62 Kurichi 1 81.59 Sebastian INC 16659 54.60 Thomas IND 13851 45.40 INC 2808
63 Changanacherry 1 70.47 Parameswaran Pillai INC 16866 61.81 Rajasekharan Nair RSP 10421 38.19 INC 6445
64 Tiruvarppu 1 84.29 Raghava Kurup CPI 17523 52.10 Kesava Panicker INC 16109 47.90 CPI 1414
65 Kottayam 1 84.19 Bhaskaran Nair CPI 16955 52.49 P. C. Cherian INC 15348 47.51 CPI 4.98
66 Puthuppalli 1 82.72 Thomas INC 18742 59.71 Zacharia PSP 12645 40.29 INC 6097
67 Vijayapuram 1 81.33 Markose INC 18515 61.44 Sreedharan Nair IND 11620 38.56 INC 6895
68 Ettumanur 1 82.25 Sebastian INC 20625 63.08 Abraham PSP 12070 36.92 INC 8555
69 Ramapuram 1 79.09 Joseph IND 16779 58.28 Sebastian INC 12011 41.72 IND 4768
70 Meenachil 1 76.46 Prof.K.M. Chandy INC 18105 60.24 Ulahannan PSP 11951 39.76 INC 6154
71 Poonjar 1 65.23 John INC 17121 77.51 Joseph PSP 4967 22.49 INC 12154
72 Todupuzha 1 60.97 Chacko INC 13609 67.92 Augustine IND 6427 32.08 INC 7182
73 Devicolam 2 125.63
(Two seats) 		Seshadrinatha Sarma
Thankaiah 		TTNC
TTNC 		28596
25853 		25.78
23.31 		Ganapathy
Deviappan 		INC
INC 		21266
20451 		19.17
18.44 		TTNC
TTNC 		-
74 Kanjirappalli 1 76.03 Thomas (Son of Thomas) INC 13730 51.90 Thomas (Son of Jacob) PSP 12239 46.32 INC 1491
75 Vaikom 1 79.05 C. K. Viswanathan CPI 19367 56.75 V. Madhavan INC 14760 43.25 CPI 4607
76 Kaduthuruthi 2 155.41
(Two seats) 		K. M. George
T. T. Kesava Sasthri 		INC
INC 		36739
36459 		30.00
29.77 		K. M. Kuriakose
Sivadas 		PSP
PSP 		25556
23706 		20.87
19.36 		INC
INC 		-
77 Muvattupuzha 1 82.36 M. V. Cherian INC 21174 63.58 K. T. Jacob CPI 11801 35.44 INC 9373
78 Kumaramangalam 1 71.28 Mathew INC 18701 76.79 Krishna Pillai RSP 5654 23.21 INC 13047
79 Pallivasal 1 67.18 Joseph. V. J INC 16922 58.84 Kuruvilla CPI 11837 41.16 INC 5085
80 Kothyamangalam 1 76.73 Manjanatha Prabhu PSP 14887 50.18 Varkey INC 14783 49.82 PSP 104
81 Kunnatnad 2 158.73
(Two seats) 		Chanko
Kochukuttan 		INC
INC 		35969
35039 		28.85
28.10 		Kesava Pillai
Manian 		PSP
PSP 		28550
25132 		22.90
20.16 		INC
INC 		-
82 Palliviruthi 1 77.31 Alexander INC 18871 53.96 Sivasankaran IND 16102 46.04 INC 2769
83 Mattancheri 1 67.67 Anantha Bhatt INC 13628 54.09 Gangadharan CPI 11567 45.91 INC 2061
84 Kanayannur 1 65.54 Kumaran INC 12748 49.87 Ramakrishnan CPI 12287 48.07 INC 461
85 Elankulam 1 76.75 Padmanabha Menon IND 17404 53.68 Pylee INC 15015 46.32 IND 2389
86 Ernakulam 1 75.96 O.R.Chummar INC 17309 57.56 Krishna Pillai IND 12760 42.44 INC 4549
87 Narakkal 1 84.72 Abraham INC 18921 51.55 Mathai IND 17783 48.45 INC 1138
88 Alwaye 1 78.62 Bava INC 16891 54.38 Abdul Khadir IND 14170 45.62 INC 2721
89 Alangad 1 78.14 Gopala Menon INC 17439 50.85 Raman Menon PSP 16855 49.15 INC 584
90 Parur 1 82.86 Balan CPI 19102 51.21 E. K. Madhavan INC 18198 48.79 CPI 904
91 Perumbavur 1 83.61 Poulose INC 17416 54.98 Ramakrishna Iyer IND 14263 45.02 INC 3153
92 Kothakulangara 1 77.53 M. A. Antony INC 21774 71.23 K. V. Parameswar IND 8793 28.77 INC 12981
93 Cranganur 1 79.95 Abdul Khadir INC 15613 51.12 Gopalakrishna Menon CPI 14931 48.88 INC 682
94 Irinjalakkuda 2 148.55
(Two seats) 		K. V. Balakrishnan
Chathan Kavalan 		INC
CPI 		30887
28833 		26.59
24.82 		Ittira Ambookan
C. L. Davassy 		INC
PSP 		28753
27708 		24.75
23.85 		INC
CPI 		-
95 Chalakkudi 1 81.43 P. Govinda Menon INC 21236 62.99 K. K. Thomas IND 12476 37.01 8760
96 Kodakara 1 70.39 P. Kesava Menon PSP 14649 55.60 K. K. Kesavan INC 11696 44.40 PSP 2953
97 Puthukkad 1 80.63 T. P. Sitaramayyar INC 15060 51.48 C. Achuta Menon CPI 14196 48.52 INC 864
98 Cherpu 1 80.57 Mundasssery Joseph IND 16844 52.34 Krishnankutty Menon INC 15336 47.66 IND 1508
99 Ollur 1 67.74 Krishnan Ponganammula INC 14930 54.10 Soolapani Warrier IND 12667 45.90 INC 2263
100 Manalur 1 81.74 Kannoth Karunakaran INC 16492 53.45 Prabhakaran CPI 14365 46.55 INC 2127
101 Trichur 1 77.17 Panengadan Anthony INC 14956 54.55 Krishna Vilasom CPI 12463 45.45 INC 2493
102 Viyyur 1 69.06 Krishna Vilasom INC 15261 53.40 Brahmakulam Anthony PSP 13316 46.60 INC 1945
103 Kunnamkulam 1 74.36 Thalekkare Krishnan CPI 15489 51.01 Mathew Cheruvathur INC 14877 48.99 CPI 612
104 Vadakkancheri 2 123.49
(Two seats) 		Ayyappan
Achutha Menon 		CPI
INC 		25487
24578 		26.54
25.60 		Balakrishna Menon
Koman 		PSP
INC 		24073
21885 		25.07
22.79 		CPI
INC 		-
105 Nemmara 1 63.44 Sivarama Bharathy. K. A PSP 11773 52.95 Krishnan INC 10461 47.05 PSP 1312
106 Chittur 1 60.30 A. R. Menon INC 11031 50.03 Subramania Mudaliar PSP 7973 36.16 INC 3058

State reorganization and merger

On 1 November 1956, under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Kerala was formed by the merger of Travancore-Cochin state with the Malabar district (including Fort Cochin and the Laccadive Islands) of Madras State, Kasaragod taluk of the South Canara district and the Amindive Islands. The southern part of Travancore-Cochin, the five taluks of Agastheeswaram, Thovala, Kalkulam, Vilavahcode and Shencotta, were transferred from Travancore-Cochin to the Madras State.[3] After the reorganization, the assembly constituencies increased from 106 with 117 seats in 1954 to 114 with 126 seats in 1957.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b The Legislative Assembly of Travancore Cochin. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1954" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Travancore-Cochin Assembly elections in 1954". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
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