Constituency
98. Kayamkulam
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1967
KL-KAYAMKULAM
SSP 52.3%won by 7.3%INC 45.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) lost it to Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP), which now leads by 7.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1965 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- SSP vote shareSSP went from 0.0% to 52.3% of the vote here (+52.3%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 45.0% — it did not contest here in 1965.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.3% of the vote between them, up from 66.3% — 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
52,096
Margin
3,781
7.26%
Candidates
3 contested · winner SSP- 1P. K. KUNGUSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP27,22752.3%
- 2T . PRABHAKARANIndian National Congress · INC23,44645.0%
- 3K . P . PILLAIIndependent · IND1,4232.7%
Since 1965
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1965 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPIM
- Winner now
- SSPflipped
- SSP–INC swing
- +7.3%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 52.3%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 45.0%
- Turnout
- — → —