Constituency
137. Surathkal
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1967
KA-SURATHKAL
PSP 61.7%won by 23.4%INC 38.3%
What changed here
DerivedPraja Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.8% to 23.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 86.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
40,676
Margin
9,504
23.37%
Candidates
2 contested · winner PSP- 1P. V. AITHALAPraja Socialist Party · PSP25,09061.7%
- 2K. N. ALVAIndian National Congress · INC15,58638.3%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- PSP
- PSP–INC swing
- +11.6%
- PSP share
- 48.9% → 61.7%
- INC share
- 37.1% → 38.3%
- Turnout
- — → —