Constituency
55. Irinjalakuda
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1967
KL-IRINJALAKUDA
CPI 53.6%won by 7.2%INC 46.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: CON (CON) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 7.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1965 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 21.9% to 53.6% of the vote here (+31.7%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 46.4% — it did not contest here in 1965.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 64.0% — 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
50,666
Margin
3,636
7.18%
Candidates
2 contested · winner CPI- 1C.K.RAJANCommunist Party of India · CPI27,15153.6%
- 2R.POZHEKADAVILIndian National Congress · INC23,51546.4%
Since 1965
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1965 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CON
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–INC swing
- −14.7%
- CPI share
- 21.9% → 53.6%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 46.4%
- Turnout
- — → —