Kerala polls 2016: A look at past results (1952-2011)

One hundred and forty Assembly seats in Kerala will go to the polls on May 16. The state of Kerala did not exist before 1957. After Independence in 1947, Travancore and Cochin were merged to form Travancore-Cochin on July 1, 1949. On January 1, 1950, Travancore-Cochin was recognised as a state.

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The Government of India's States Reorganisation Act of 1956 set up the new state of Kerala, incorporating the Malabar District, Travancore-Cochin (excluding 4 southern Taluks which were merged with Tamil Nadu) and the taluk of Kasaragod, South Kanara. A new Legislative Assembly was also formed and election to it was held in 1957. [Past results of Tamil Nadu elections: 1952-2011]

Here we take a look at the brief results of Kerala's past Assembly elections starting from 1952:

• 1952: Total seats 107 [Travancore-Cochin state]
  Congress won 44 seats, Socialist Party 11, Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress 8
  Chief Minister: A J John (Congress)
  
• 1954: Total seats 117 [Travancore-Cochin state]
  Congress won 45, CPI won 23, Praja Socialist Party 19
  Chief Minister: PAT Pillai (PSP), PG Menon (Congress)
  
• 1957: Total seats 126 [Kerala state from here on]
  CPI won 60, Congress won 43, PSP 9
  Chief Minister: EMS Namboodiripad (CPI)
  
• 1960: Total seats 126
  Congress won 63, CPI won 26, PSP 20
  Chief Minister: PAT Pillai (PSP), R Sankar (Congress)
  
• 1967: Total seats 133
  CPI(M) won 52, CPI won 19, Congress won 9
  Chief Minister: EMS Namboodiripad (CPI-M), C Achuta Menon (CPI)
  
• 1970: Total seats 133
  Congress won 30, CPI(M) won 29, CPI won 16, Kerala Congress won 12
  Chief Minister: C Achuta Menon (CPI)
  
• 1977: Total seats 140
  Congress won 38, CPI 23, Kerala Congress 20, Indian Union Muslim League 13
  Chief Minister: K Karunakaran (Congress), AK Antony (Congress), PK Vasudevan Nair (CPI), CH Mohammed Koya (IUML)
  
• 1980: Total seats 140
  CPI(M) won 35, Congress 17, CPI 17, IUML 14
  Chief Minister: E K Nayanar (CPI-M)
  
• 1982: Total seats 140
  CPI(M) won 26, Congress won 20, IUML won 14, CPI won 13
  Chief Minister: K Karunakaran (Congress)
  
• 1987: Total seats 140
  CPI(M) won 38, Congress won 33, CPI won 16, IUML won 15
  Chief Minister: E K Nayanar (CPI-M)
  
• 1991: Total seats 140
  Congress won 55, CPI(M) won 29, IUML won 19, CPI won 12
  Chief Minister: K Karunakaran, AK Antony (Congress)
  
• 1996: Total seats 140
  CPI(M) won 40, Congress won 37, CPI won 18, IUMl won 13
  Chief Minister: EK Nayanar (CPI-M)
  
• 2001: Total seats 140
  Congress won 62, CPI(M) won 23, IUML won 16
  Chief Minister: AK Antony, Oommen Chandy (Congress)
  
• 2006: Total seats 140
  CPI(M) won 61, Congress won 24, CPI won 17
  Chief Minister: VS Achuthanandan (CPI-M)
  
• 2011: Total seats 140
  CPI(M) won 45, Congress won 38, IUML won 20, CPI won 13
  Chief Minister: Oommen Chandy (Congress)