Election
Constituency

12. Tellicherry

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1965

KL-TELLICHERRY

CPIM 50.8%won by 14.9%CON 35.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM), which now leads by 14.9%.

  • CPIM vote shareCPIM went from 0.0% to 50.8% of the vote here (+50.8%).
  • New challengerCON (CON) finished second with 35.9% — it did not contest here in 1960.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.7% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
55,045
Margin
8,215
14.92%

Candidates

3 contested · winner CPIM
  1. 1P. GOPALANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPIM27,98150.8%
  2. 2P. NANUCON · CON19,76635.9%
  3. 3V.R. KRISHNA IYERIndependent · IND7,29813.3%

Since 1960

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPIMflipped
CPIMCON swing
+14.9%
CPIM share
0.0% 50.8%
CON share
0.0% 35.9%
Turnout