Constituency
57. Chalakudi
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1967
KL-CHALAKUDI
INC 50.7%won by 6.6%CPI 44.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: CON (CON) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1965 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 50.7% of the vote here (+50.7%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 44.1% — it did not contest here in 1965.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.9% of the vote between them, up from 66.1% — 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
52,357
Margin
3,461
6.61%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1P.P. GEROGEIndian National Congress · INC26,56850.7%
- 2P.K. CHATHANCommunist Party of India · CPI23,10744.1%
- 3T.A. ANTONYKerala Congress · KEC2,6825.1%
Since 1965
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1965 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CON
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPI swing
- +6.6%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 50.7%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 44.1%
- Turnout
- — → —