Constituency
56. Kodakara
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1967
KL-KODAKARA
CPI 52.5%won by 18.6%INC 33.9%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.0% to 18.6%.
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 33.9% — it did not contest here in 1965.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.5% of the vote between them, up from 74.0% — 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
46,200
Margin
8,585
18.58%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPI- 1P.S. NAMBOODIRICommunist Party of India · CPI24,26552.5%
- 2P.R. KRISHNANIndian National Congress · INC15,68033.9%
- 3V.L. LONAPPANIndependent · IND6,25513.5%
Since 1965
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1965 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–INC swing
- −20.9%
- CPI share
- 39.5% → 52.5%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 33.9%
- Turnout
- — → —