Constituency
77. Devicolam
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1967
KL-DEVICOLAM
INC 44.7%won by 0.8%CPM 43.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.8%.
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 44.7% of the vote here (+44.7%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 43.9% — it did not contest here in 1965.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.5% of the vote between them, up from 80.4% — 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
35,590
Margin
288
0.81%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1N . GANAPATHYIndian National Congress · INC15,89544.7%
- 2G . VARATHANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM15,60743.9%
- 3RAMANIndependent · IND2,3746.7%
- 4MANIVELIndependent · IND1,7144.8%
Since 1965
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1965 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPIM
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- +0.8%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 44.7%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 43.9%
- Turnout
- — → —