Constituency
120. Varkala
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1967
KL-VARKALA
CPI 58.1%won by 16.2%INC 41.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: CON (CON) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 16.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1965 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 24.3% to 58.1% of the vote here (+33.8%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 41.9% — it did not contest here in 1965.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 75.7% — 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
42,681
Margin
6,911
16.19%
Candidates
2 contested · winner CPI- 1A . MAJIDCommunist Party of India · CPI24,79658.1%
- 2S . HAMEEDIndian National Congress · INC17,88541.9%
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
- −8.2%
- CPI share
- 24.3% → 58.1%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 41.9%
- Turnout
- — → —