Constituency
114. Krishnapuram
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1967
KL-KRISHNAPURAM
CPI 58.8%won by 20.8%INC 37.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: CON (CON) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 20.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1965 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 31.6% to 58.8% of the vote here (+27.2%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 37.9% — it did not contest here in 1965.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.7% of the vote between them, up from 70.2% — 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
49,573
Margin
10,324
20.83%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPI- 1P . U . PILLAICommunist Party of India · CPI29,13458.8%
- 2M . K . HEMACHANDRANIndian National Congress · INC18,81037.9%
- 3K . P . J . PILLAIKerala Congress · KEC1,6293.3%
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
- −10.8%
- CPI share
- 31.6% → 58.8%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 37.9%
- Turnout
- — → —