Constituency
45. Chittur
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1965
KL-CHITTUR
SSP 55.9%won by 17.1%CON 38.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP), which now leads by 17.1%.
- SSP vote shareSSP went from 0.0% to 55.9% of the vote here (+55.9%).
- New challengerCON (CON) finished second with 38.8% — it did not contest here in 1960.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.8% of the vote between them, up from 54.8% — 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
44,034
Margin
7,530
17.10%
Candidates
3 contested · winner SSP- 1K. A. SIVARAMA BHARATHYSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP24,63055.9%
- 2LEELA DAMODARA MENONCON · CON17,10038.8%
- 3P. BALACHANDRA MENONCommunist Party of India · CPI2,3045.2%
Since 1960
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- SSPflipped
- SSP–CON swing
- +17.1%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 55.9%
- CON share
- 0.0% → 38.8%
- Turnout
- — → —