Constituency
49. Chelakara
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1967
KL-CHELAKARA
CPM 50.5%won by 4.9%INC 45.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: CON (CON) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 4.9%.
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 50.5% of the vote here (+50.5%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 45.6% — it did not contest here in 1965.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.2% of the vote between them, up from 87.7% — 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
41,895
Margin
2,052
4.90%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1P.KUNHANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM21,17550.5%
- 2K.K.BALAKRISHNANIndian National Congress · INC19,12345.6%
- 3E.G.CHATHUIndependent · IND1,5973.8%
Since 1965
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1965 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CON
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +4.9%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 50.5%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 45.6%
- Turnout
- — → —