Constituency
45. Chittur
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1967
KL-CHITTUR
SSP 58.3%won by 16.5%INC 41.7%
What changed here
DerivedSamyukta Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.1% to 16.5%.
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 41.7% — it did not contest here in 1965.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 94.8% — 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
41,159
Margin
6,811
16.55%
Candidates
2 contested · winner SSP- 1K.A.S.BHARATHYSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP23,98558.3%
- 2A.S.SAHIBIndian National Congress · INC17,17441.7%
Since 1965
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1965 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SSP
- Winner now
- SSP
- SSP–INC swing
- −39.4%
- SSP share
- 55.9% → 58.3%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 41.7%
- Turnout
- — → —