1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

1 February 1960

All 126 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly
64 seats needed for a majority
Turnout85.72% ( 20.23)
  First party Second party
 
Leader P. T. Chacko E. M. S. Namboodiripad
Party INC CPI
Leader's seat Meenachil Pattambi
Last election 43 60
Seats won 63 29
Seat change 20 31
Popular vote 2,789,556 3,171,732
Percentage 34.42% 39.14%
Swing 3.43% 3.86%

Chief Minister before election

Vacant
President's rule

Chief Minister

Pattom A. Thanu Pillai
PSP

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.