Constituency
22. Kalpetta
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1967
KL-KALPETTA
IND 62.9%won by 30.9%INC 32.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndependent held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.9% to 30.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1965 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 32.0% — it did not contest here in 1965.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.9% of the vote between them, up from 71.9% — 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
37,382
Margin
11,550
30.90%
Candidates
4 contested · winner IND- 1B.WELLINGDONIndependent · IND23,51062.9%
- 2A.V.R.G.MENONIndian National Congress · INC11,96032.0%
- 3M.K.K.KURUPBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS9592.6%
- 4S.ABRAHAMKerala Congress · KEC9532.5%
Since 1965
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1965 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- IND
- IND–INC swing
- −13.0%
- IND share
- 43.9% → 62.9%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 32.0%
- Turnout
- — → —