Constituency
4. Nileswar
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1967
KL-NILESWAR
CPM 70.6%won by 44.2%INC 26.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 44.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1965 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 70.6% of the vote here (+70.6%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 26.4% — it did not contest here in 1965.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.1% 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
48,833
Margin
21,587
44.21%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1V.V.KUNHAMBUCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM34,49670.6%
- 2T.P.G.NAMBOODIRIIndian National Congress · INC12,90926.4%
- 3K.DAMODARANKerala Congress · KEC1,4282.9%
Since 1965
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1965 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPIM
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +44.2%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 70.6%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 26.4%
- Turnout
- — → —