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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| vote_type = Popular <!-- default -->
| alliance_name = no
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1957
| election_date = 1 February 1960
| elected_members = 
| next_election = 1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1965
| seats_for_election = All 126 seats in the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 64
| registered = 
| turnout = 85.72% ({{increase}}20.23)
| image1 = 
| leader1 = [[Pattom A. Thanu Pillai]]
| party1 = Praja Socialist Party
| alliance1 = With [[Indian National Congress|INC]] & [[Indian Union Muslim League|IUML]]
| leader_since1 = 
| leaders_seat1 = None
| last_election1 = 9
| seats1 = 95 (20 PSP +63 INC+ +11 ML +1 IND)
| seat_change1 = {{gain}}11
| popular_vote1 = 2,789,556
| percentage1 = 34.42%
| swing1 = {{decrease}}3.43%
<!--        CPI        -->| image2 = [[File:E. M. S. Namboodiripad.jpg|120x120px]]
| leader2 = [[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]]
| party2 = Communist Party of India
| leader_since2 = 
| leaders_seat2 = [[Pattambi]]
| last_election2 = 60
| seats2 = 29
| seat_change2 = {{loss}}31
| popular_vote2 = 3,171,732
| percentage2 = 39.14%
| swing2 = {{increase}}3.86%
<!-- map -->| map_image = 
| map_size = 
| map_alt = 
| map = 
| map_caption = <!-- bottom -->
| title = [[Chief Minister of Kerala|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = Vacant
| before_party = [[President's rule]]
| posttitle = [[Chief Minister of Kerala|Chief Minister]]
| after_election = [[Pattom A. Thanu Pillai]]
| after_party = Praja Socialist Party
}}
The '''Kerala Legislative Assembly election of 1960''' was the second assembly election in the Indian state of [[Kerala]]. The elections were held on 1 February 1960.<ref name="KeralaLegislature">{{cite web | url=http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3776:history-of-kerala-legislature | title=History of Kerala Legislature | publisher=Kerala Government | access-date=30 July 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006101549/http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3776%3Ahistory-of-kerala-legislature | archive-date=2014-10-06 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Background==
In the [[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957 elections in Kerala]], the [[Communist Party of India]] formed the government with the support of five [[Independent (politician)|independents]].<ref name="Nossiter1982">{{cite book|author=Thomas Johnson Nossiter|title=Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8CSQUxVjjWQC&pg=PA122|date=1 January 1982|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-04667-2|pages=122–123}}</ref> But in 1959, the [[Government of India|Central Government]] dismissed the democratically elected government through the controversial [[President's rule|Article 356]] of the [[Indian Constitution]] following "[[The Liberation Struggle]]",<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/12/stories/2008021254000400.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302170836/http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/12/stories/2008021254000400.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2 March 2008 | title=Fresh light on 'Liberation Struggle' | date=12 February 2008 | work=[[The Hindu]] | access-date=29 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | jstor=41854147| title=Presidents Rule in Kerala | author=Visalakshi, Dr. N.R. | journal=The Indian Journal of Political Science |date=Jan–Mar 1966 | volume=27 | issue=1 | pages=55–68}}</ref> even though the elected communist government was enjoying majority support within the legislature.<ref name="Sethy72">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2kJusgGxiQC | title=Political Crisis and President's Rule in an Indian State | publisher=APH Publishing | author=Sethy, Rabindra Kumar | year=2003 | pages=72 | isbn=9788176484633}}</ref> After a short period of the [[President's rule]], fresh elections were called in 1960.

==Constituencies==
There were 114 legislative assembly constituencies in the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]], 1957. Out of these 102 were single-member constituencies while the number of double-member constituencies was 12. One constituency was reserved for Schedule Caste. There were 64,77,665 electors in single-member constituencies, while in double-member constituencies there were 15,63,333 electors. Total 312 candidates contested for the 126 seats of the 114 constituencies in the Assembly.<ref name="KeralaECI1960"/> Poll percentage was 85.72%, an increase of 20.23% from 65.49% in 1957 assembly elections.

==Political parties==
Four national parties, [[Communist Party of India]], [[Indian National Congress]], [[Praja Socialist Party]] and [[Bharatiya Jana Sangha]] along with the state party [[Indian Union Muslim League|Muslim League]] took part in the assembly election.<ref name="KeralaECI1960"/> In these elections, the Indian National Congress, Praja Socialist Party, and Indian Union Muslim League formed a pre-poll alliance to counter the [[Communist Party of India]].<ref name="KeralaLegislature"/> Together they fielded 125 candidates and supported an [[Independent (politician)|independent]] candidate, while the Communist Party of India fielded 108 candidates and gave party support to 16 independents.<ref name="KeralaLegislature"/>

==Results==
<section begin=Results />{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election<ref name="KeralaECI1960">{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1960/StatRep_Kerala_1960.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1960 : To the Legislative Assembly of Kerala | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2015-07-28}}</ref><ref name="Nossiter1982p128">{{cite book|author=Thomas Johnson Nossiter|title=Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8CSQUxVjjWQC&pg=PA128|date=1 January 1982|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-04667-2|pages=128}}</ref> |sortable=yes}}
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"
! class="unsortable" |<!--color-->
! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats <br /> Contested !! Won !! Net Change <br /> in seats !! % of <br /> Seats
! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in <br />vote % !! Vote % in <br /> contested seats
|- 
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
| 
| 3 || 0 || New || 0 || 5,277 || 0.07 || New || 3.28
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Communist Party of India]]
| [[File:CPI-banner.svg|35px]]
| 108 || 29 || {{decrease}} 31 || 23.02 || 3,171,732 || 39.14 || {{increase}} 3.86 || 43.79

|- style="background: #90EE90;"
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| 
| 80 || 63 || {{increase}} 20 || 50.00 || 2,789,556 || 34.42 || {{decrease}} 3.43 || 45.37

|- style="background: #90EE90;"
| {{party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Praja Socialist Party]]
|
| 33 || 20 || {{increase}} 11 || 15.87 || 1,146,028 || 14.14 || {{decrease}} 3.38 || 38.41
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Indian Union Muslim League}}
|
| 12 || 11 || ''New'' || 8.73 || 401,925 || 4.96 || ''New'' || 47.79
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
|
| 61 || 5 || {{decrease}} 11 || 4.17 || 488,699 || 5.93 || -5.61 || 13.96
|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 3|
! style="text-align:center;" |Total Seats !! 126 ({{steady}} 0) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 9,604,331 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 3|8,232,572 (85.72%)
|}<section end=Results />

=== By Constituency ===
{| class="wikitable"
!A. C. NO.
!Assembly Constituency Name
!Category
!Winner Candidates Name
!Gender
!Party
!Vote
!Runner-up Candidates Name
!Gender
!Party
!Vote
|-
|1
|Parassala
|GEN
|M.  Kunjukrishnan Nadar
|M
|IND
|18848
|Thangayyan
|M
|CPI
|18096
|-
|2
|Neyyattinkara
|GEN
|P. Narayanan Thampi
|M
|PSP
|31707
|R. Janardhanan Nair
|M
|CPI
|30756
|-
|3
|Vilappil
|GEN
|Ponnara G. Sreedhar
|M
|PSP
|27929
|Surendranath
|M
|CPI
|24732
|-
|4
|Nemom
|GEN
|Viswambaran
|M
|PSP
|28573
|A. Sadasivan
|M
|CPI
|22918
|-
|5
|Trivandrum I
|GEN
|B. P. Eapen
|M
|PSP
|27328
|Krishnan Nair
|M
|CPI
|20385
|-
|6
|Trivandrum II
|GEN
|Pattom Thanupillai
|M
|PSP
|35175
|K. Anirudhan
|M
|CPI
|25917
|-
|7
|Ullur
|GEN
|M. Alikunju Sastri
|M
|PSP
|30269
|K. P. Alikunju
|M
|CPI
|24939
|-
|8
|Arianad
|GEN
|Antony Dcruz
|M
|PSP
|25351
|K. C. George
|M
|CPI
|22258
|-
|9
|Nedumangad
|GEN
|N. Neelakandaru Pandarathil
|M
|CPI
|27797
|P. S. Nataraja Pillai
|M
|PSP
|25685
|-
|10
|Attingal
|GEN
|N. Kunjuraman
|M
|INC
|28050
|R. Prakasam
|M
|CPI
|27920
|-
|11
|Varkala
|GEN
|Balakrishnan
|M
|CPI
|50231
|Balakrishnan
|M
|CPI
|50114
|-
|12
|Eravipuram
|GEN
|Ravindran
|M
|CPI
|25548
|Bhaskara Pillai
|M
|PSP
|23689
|-
|13
|Quilon
|GEN
|A. A. Rahim
|M
|INC
|25083
|P. K. Sukumaran
|M
|CPI
|18791
|-
|14
|Thrikkadavur
|GEN
|C. M. Stephen
|M
|INC
|48618
|Krishnan
|M
|INC
|46244
|-
|15
|Karunagappally
|GEN
|Baby John
|M
|IND
|21238
|Kunjukrishnan
|M
|INC
|21030
|-
|16
|Krishnapuram
|GEN
|P. K. Kunju
|M
|PSP
|28247
|Karthikeyan
|M
|INC
|27583
|-
|17
|Kayamkulam
|GEN
|Aysha Bai
|F
|CPI
|30727
|Hemachandran
|M
|INC
|29467
|-
|18
|Karthigapally
|GEN
|R. Sugathan
|M
|CPI
|30832
|A. Achuthan
|M
|PSP
|28433
|-
|19
|Haripad
|GEN
|N. S. Krishna Pillai
|M
|INC
|31389
|Ramakrishna Pillai
|M
|IND
|21080
|-
|20
|Mavelikara
|GEN
|Gopala Kurup
|M
|CPI
|54340
|Kunjachan
|M
|CPI
|54042
|-
|21
|Kunnathur
|GEN
|G. Candrasekhara Pillai
|M
|INC
|51101
|P. C. Adichen
|M
|CPI
|49253
|-
|22
|Kottarakkara
|(SC)
|Damodaran Pott
|M
|PSP
|27909
|Chandrasekharan Nair
|M
|CPI
|25741
|-
|23
|Chadayamangalam
|GEN
|K. Bhargavan
|M
|CPI
|25412
|M. Abdul Majeed
|M
|PSP
|25290
|-
|24
|Pathanapuram
|GEN
|Balakrishna Pillai
|M
|INC
|35136
|Rajagopalan Nair
|M
|CPI
|30601
|-
|25
|Punalur
|GEN
|K. Krishna Pillai
|M
|CPI
|26415
|Sathibhai
|F
|INC
|23042
|-
|26
|Ranni
|GEN
|Vayala Idicula
|M
|INC
|34560
|E. M. Thomas
|M
|CPI
|24426
|-
|27
|Pathanamthitta
|GEN
|C. K. Harichandran Nair
|M
|PSP
|36660
|K. Karunakaran Nair
|M
|CPI
|28194
|-
|28
|Aranmula
|GEN
|K. Gopinathan Pillai
|M
|INC
|31899
|R. Gopalakrishna Pillai
|M
|CPI
|20295
|-
|29
|Kallooppara
|GEN
|M. M. Mathai
|M
|INC
|32270
|Viwanathan Nair
|M
|IND
|14015
|-
|30
|Thiruvalla
|GEN
|P. Chacko
|M
|INC
|36092
|Padmanabhan Thampi
|M
|CPI
|20026
|-
|31
|Chengannur
|GEN
|K. R. Saraswathy Amma
|F
|INC
|31964
|R. Rajasekharan Thampi
|M
|CPI
|19063
|-
|32
|Alleppey
|GEN
|Nabisath Beevi
|F
|INC
|33443
|T. V. Thomas
|M
|CPI
|29650
|-
|33
|Mararikulam
|GEN
|S. Kumaran
|M
|CPI
|31826
|Devaki Krishnan
|F
|INC
|24476
|-
|34
|Sherthala
|GEN
|K. R. Gouri
|F
|CPI
|29883
|Subramania Pillai
|M
|INC
|28377
|-
|35
|Aroor
|GEN
|Karthikeyan
|M
|INC
|29403
|Sadasivan
|M
|CPI
|27265
|-
|36
|Thakashi
|GEN
|Thomas John
|M
|INC
|33079
|Gopalakrishna Pillai
|M
|IND
|20961
|-
|37
|Changanacherry
|GEN
|N. Bhaskaran Nair
|M
|INC
|31935
|A. M. Kalyanskrishnan Nair
|M
|CPI
|22542
|-
|38
|Vazhoor
|GEN
|Velappan
|M
|INC
|27566
|Purushothaman Pillai
|M
|CPI
|20504
|-
|39
|Kanjirappally
|GEN
|K. T. Thomas
|M
|INC
|28310
|K. S. Mustafaz Kamal
|M
|IND
|21422
|-
|40
|Puthuppally
|GEN
|P. C. Cherian
|M
|INC
|30260
|M. Thomas
|M
|CPI
|22349
|-
|41
|Kottayam
|GEN
|M. P. Govindan Nair
|M
|INC
|29020
|N. Raghava Kurup
|M
|CPI
|27863
|-
|42
|Ettumanoor
|GEN
|George Joseph Podipara
|M
|INC
|30925
|Sankunny Menon
|M
|CPI
|22367
|-
|43
|Meenachil
|GEN
|P. T. Chacko (Thomas)
|M
|INC
|30745
|Jacob Cherian
|M
|CPI
|15644
|-
|44
|Vaikom
|GEN
|Sreenivasan
|M
|CPI
|32707
|Pavithran
|M
|INC
|30638
|-
|45
|Kaduthuruthy
|GEN
|Abraham Chummar
|M
|INC
|32615
|Umadevi Antharjanam
|F
|CPI
|17316
|-
|46
|Ramamangalam
|GEN
|E. P. Poulose
|M
|INC
|32448
|P. V. Abraham
|M
|CPI
|19871
|-
|47
|Muvattupuzha
|GEN
|K. M. George
|M
|INC
|33520
|K. C. Abraham
|M
|IND
|20907
|-
|48
|[[Devikulam (State Assembly constituency)|Devikulam]]
|GEN
|Murugesan Thiruvengadan
|M
|INC
|75141
|[[M. M. Sundaram]]
|M
|CPI
|72801
|-
|49
|Thodupuzha
|GEN
|Mathew
|M
|INC
|34156
|Jose Abraham
|M
|CPI
|13899
|-
|50
|Karikode
|GEN
|Kosumom Joseph
|F
|INC
|29907
|Saidu Monammad Sahib
|M
|IND
|13621
|-
|51
|Poonjar
|GEN
|T. A. Thomman
|M
|INC
|35722
|Kumara Menon
|M
|CPI
|14364
|-
|52
|Puliyannur
|GEN
|K. M. Joseph Chazhikattu
|M
|PSP
|34781
|Ulahanan
|M
|CPI
|14503
|-
|53
|Palluruthy
|GEN
|Alexander Parambithara
|M
|INC
|33541
|Kerala Varma Thampuran
|M
|IND
|26304
|-
|54
|Mattancherry
|GEN
|K. K. Viswanathan
|M
|INC
|32997
|Ratnam Ranganath Rai
|F
|IND
|18411
|-
|55
|Neenakkal
|GEN
|K. C. Abraham
|M
|INC
|31212
|P. R. Leghnan
|M
|CPI
|28322
|-
|56
|Ernakulam
|GEN
|A. L. Jacob
|M
|INC
|32001
|V. Viswanatha Menon
|M
|CPI
|25108
|-
|57
|Kanayannur
|GEN
|T. K. Ramakrishnan
|M
|CPI
|31582
|K. R. Narayanan
|M
|INC
|29101
|-
|58
|Alwaye
|GEN
|T. O. Chacko
|M
|INC
|34484
|M. M. Abdul Kadir
|M
|CPI
|28867
|-
|59
|Perumbavoor
|GEN
|K. M. Chacko
|M
|INC
|31718
|Govinda Pillai
|M
|CPI
|25918
|-
|60
|Kothakulangara
|GEN
|M. A. Antony
|M
|INC
|38681
|Kurian
|M
|CPI
|19872
|-
|61
|Parur
|GEN
|K. A. Damodara Menon
|M
|INC
|30369
|N. Siran Pillai
|M
|CPI
|26371
|-
|62
|Vadakkekara
|GEN
|K. R. Vijayan
|M
|INC
|27200
|K. A. Balan
|M
|CPI
|26121
|-
|63
|Cranganore
|GEN
|P. K. Abdul Kadir
|M
|INC
|33679
|E. Gopalakrishna Menon
|M
|CPI
|26164
|-
|64
|Chalakkudy
|GEN
|C. G. Janardhanan
|M
|PSP
|66618
|K. K. Balakrishnan
|M
|INC
|66454
|-
|65
|Irinjalakuda
|GEN
|C. Achutha Menon
|M
|CPI
|29069
|P. Achutha Menon
|M
|PSP
|28708
|-
|66
|Manalur
|GEN
|Kuruineelakantan Namboothiripad
|M
|INC
|30291
|Joseph Mundassari
|M
|CPI
|27677
|-
|67
|Trichur
|GEN
|T. A. Dharmaraja Iyer
|M
|INC
|30277
|K. Balakrishna Menon
|M
|IND
|29814
|-
|68
|Ollur
|GEN
|P. R. Francis
|M
|INC
|29950
|V. V. Raghavan
|M
|CPI
|27091
|-
|69
|Kunnamkulam
|GEN
|P. R. Krishnan
|M
|INC
|29450
|T. K. Krishnan
|M
|CPI
|26878
|-
|70
|Wadakkanchery
|GEN
|K. Balakrishna Menon
|M
|PSP
|46052
|Kochukuttan
|M
|INC
|45726
|-
|71
|Nattika
|GEN
|K. T. Achuthan
|M
|INC
|29235
|T. K. Raman
|M
|CPI
|28796
|-
|72
|Guruvayoor
|GEN
|K. G. Karunakara
|M
|INC
|26083
|K. Damodaran
|M
|CPI
|25075
|-
|73
|Andathodu
|GEN
|B. V. Seethi Thangal
|M
|ML
|26615
|K. Govinda Kutty Menon
|M
|CPI
|22621
|-
|74
|Ponnani
|GEN
|Kunhambu Kallen
|M
|INC
|45326
|Cherukoya Thangal
|M
|ML
|43360
|-
|75
|Kushalmannam
|GEN
|Kuduvakottu John
|M
|CPI
|28817
|T. A. Balakrishnan
|M
|INC
|17785
|-
|76
|Alathur
|GEN
|R. Krishnan
|M
|CPI
|31159
|A. Sunna Sahib
|M
|INC
|21935
|-
|77
|Chittur
|GEN
|P. Balachandra Menon
|M
|CPI
|48241
|Narayanan Thandan
|M
|CPI
|48156
|-
|78
|Elapully
|GEN
|A. K. Ramankutty Nair
|M
|CPI
|24958
|T. K. Kelukutty
|M
|INC
|18119
|-
|79
|Palghat
|GEN
|R. Ranghava Menon
|M
|INC
|26546
|K. C. Gopalanunni
|M
|CPI
|24788
|-
|80
|Parli
|GEN
|A. R. Menon
|M
|CPI
|33605
|A. S. Divakaran
|M
|PSP
|16545
|-
|Bye Polls in 1960
|Parli
|
|M.V.Vasu
|M
|COM
|25977
|A.S.Divakaran
|M
|PSP
|13760
|-
|81
|Mannarghat
|GEN
|Krishnan Kongaseri
|M
|CPI
|25060
|M. P. Govinda Menon
|M
|PSP
|18999
|-
|82
|Perinthalmanna
|GEN
|E. P. Gopalan
|M
|CPI
|24866
|Moideenkutty Melevostti
|M
|ML
|20339
|-
|83
|Ottapalam
|GEN
|Kunhunni Nayar
|M
|CPI
|24741
|Chandrasekhara Kurup
|M
|PSP
|18118
|-
|84
|Pattambi
|GEN
|E. M. Sankaran Namboodiripad
|M
|CPI
|26478
|A. Raghavan Nair
|M
|INC
|19156
|-
|85
|Mankada
|GEN
|P. Abdul Majeed
|M
|ML
|24343
|Pookunhi Koya Thangal
|M
|CPI
|20037
|-
|86
|Tirur
|GEN
|K. Moideenkutty Haji
|M
|ML
|28518
|K. P. Bavakutty
|M
|CPI
|16603
|-
|87
|Tanur
|GEN
|C. H. Mohammad Koya
|M
|ML
|27893
|Nadukkandy Mohammad Koya
|M
|CPI
|8445
|-
|88
|Kuttippuram
|GEN
|Seethi Sahib
|M
|ML
|29073
|Kunhikrishnan Thorakkadu
|M
|CPI
|12430
|-
|89
|Thirurangady
|GEN
|Avukkadarkutty Hajee Naha
|M
|ML
|34749
|M. Koya Kunhi Naha Hajee
|M
|CPI
|18049
|-
|90
|Malappuram
|GEN
|K. Hassan Gani
|M
|ML
|32947
|Sadhu P. Ahammad Kutty
|M
|CPI
|12118
|-
|91
|Manjeri
|GEN
|P. P. Ummer Koya
|M
|INC
|69700
|Chandayan Muniadan
|M
|ML
|66028
|-
|92
|Kandotty
|GEN
|M. P. M. Ahammad Kurikkal
|M
|ML
|33167
|Momukutty Moulavi
|M
|IND
|11860
|-
|93
|Kozhikode I
|GEN
|O. T. Sarada Krishnan
|F
|INC
|30638
|Krishnan Kallat
|M
|CPI
|24732
|-
|94
|Kozhikode I I
|GEN
|P. Kumaran
|M
|INC
|33587
|Appu Adiuolil
|M
|IND
|20613
|-
|95
|Chevayur
|GEN
|Raghavan Nair
|M
|CPI
|29063
|A. Balagopalan
|M
|INC
|28357
|-
|96
|Kunnamangalam
|GEN
|Leela Damodara Menon
|F
|INC
|34539
|Chathunni
|M
|CPI
|22608
|-
|97
|Koduvally
|GEN
|Gopalakutty Nair
|M
|INC
|37483
|M. V. Alikoya
|M
|IND
|16214
|-
|98
|Balusseri
|GEN
|M. Narayana Kuruf
|M
|PSP
|32423
|K. Kalandankutty
|M
|IND
|22983
|-
|99
|Quilandy
|GEN
|Kunhiraman Nabbiar
|M
|PSP
|40361
|Ramakrishnan
|M
|IND
|21083
|-
|100
|Perambra
|GEN
|P. K. Narayanan Nambiar
|M
|PSP
|38272
|Kumaran Madathil
|M
|CPI
|27472
|-
|101
|Badagara
|GEN
|M. Krishnan
|M
|PSP
|32552
|M. K. Kelu
|M
|CPI
|22824
|-
|102
|Nadapuram
|GEN
|Hameed Ali Shemnad
|M
|ML
|34893
|C. H. Kanaran
|M
|CPI
|27846
|-
|103
|Wynad
|GEN
|Balakrishnan Nambiar
|M
|INC
|79235
|Madhura Vazhavatta
|M
|INC
|77380
|-
|104
|Kuthuparamba
|GEN
|P. Ramunni Kurup
|M
|PSP
|42338
|Aboo
|M
|IND
|18691
|-
|105
|Mattannur
|GEN
|N. E. Balaram
|M
|CPI
|31119
|Achuthan
|M
|PSP
|31034
|-
|106
|Tellicherry
|GEN
|P. Kunhiraman
|M
|INC
|28380
|V. R. Krishna Iyar
|M
|IND
|28357
|-
|107
|Cannanore I
|GEN
|R. Sankar
|M
|INC
|33313
|Kannan Chaliyoth
|M
|CPI
|23859
|-
|108
|Cannanore II
|GEN
|Madhavan Pamban
|M
|INC
|31252
|K. P. Gopalan
|M
|CPI
|27563
|-
|109
|Madayi
|GEN
|Gopalan Puthiya Purayil
|M
|INC
|30829
|K. P. R. Gopalan
|M
|CPI
|30568
|-
|110
|Irikkur
|GEN
|T. C. Narayanaan Nambiar
|M
|CPI
|31769
|M. P. Moidu Hajee Melekandy
|M
|INC
|30489
|-
|111
|Nileswar
|GEN
|C. Kunhikrshna Nair
|M
|INC
|59513
|Koran Olaikkapurakal
|M
|PSP
|59340
|-
|112
|Hosdrug
|GEN
|K. Chandrasekharan
|M
|PSP
|27862
|K. Madhavan
|M
|CPI
|22315
|-
|113
|Kasaragod
|GEN
|M. Kunhikannan Nambiar
|M
|INC
|19399
|Anantharama Chetty
|M
|IND
|15747
|-
|114
|Manjeshwar
|GEN
|Kalige Mahabala Bhandary
|M
|IND
|23129
|Kamappa Master
|M
|CPI
|13131
|}
<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala Assembly Election Results in 1960|url=https://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1960-election-results.html|access-date=2020-09-06|website=www.elections.in}}</ref>

==Government formation==
Congress and Praja Socialist Party alliance got the majority<ref name="KeralaECI1960"/> in the election and hence formed the government. [[Pattom A. Thanu Pillai]] of the Praja Socialist Party became the chief minister<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/ginfo_5.htm | title=Kerala Legislature – Chief Ministers | publisher=Kerala Government | access-date=30 July 2015}}</ref> and R. Sankar of the Indian National Congress became the deputy chief minister on 22 February 1960, with eleven council ministers.<ref name="KeralaLegislature"/>

Pattam A. Thanu Pillai resigned on 26 September 1962 after he was appointed as the Governor of Punjab and R. Sankar became the first Congress Chief Minister of Kerala.

==See also==
* [[The Liberation Struggle]]
* [[President's rule]]
* [[1960 elections in India]]
* [[Pattom Thanupillai Ministry]]
* [[R. Sankar Ministry]]
* [[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]

==References==
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{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}

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