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{{Infobox election<br />
| election_name = Elections in India <br />
| country = India <br />
| previous_election = 1957 elections in India <br />
| previous_year = 1957<br />
| election_date = 1960<br />
| next_election = 1961 elections in India <br />
| next_year = 1961<br />
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{{Politics of India}}<br />
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==Legislative Assembly elections==<br />
[[Legislative Assembly elections in India]] were conducted for [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] in 1960.<ref name="KeralaECI1960"/><br />
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===Kerala===<br />
{{Main|1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election}}<br />
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In 1959, the Central Government dismissed the democratically elected government in [[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957 elections]] 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> After a short period of the [[President's rule]], fresh elections were called in 1960. In these elections, [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] and [[Praja Socialist Party]] formed an alliance to counter [[Communist Party of India]] in the elections. Congress and Praja Socialist Party alliance got the majority in the election and hence formed the government.<ref name="KeralaECI1960"/><br />
{{#section:1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|Results}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[1957 elections in India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://eci.nic.in Election Commission of India]<br />
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