Constituency
130. Kovalam
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1967
KL-KOVALAM
IND 48.8%won by 1.0%INC 47.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: CON (CON) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 1.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1965 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 4.3% to 48.8% of the vote here (+44.5%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 47.7% — it did not contest here in 1965.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.5% of the vote between them, up from 74.0% — 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
38,126
Margin
397
1.04%
Candidates
4 contested · winner IND- 1J.C.MORAESIndependent · IND18,58848.8%
- 2M.K.NADARIndian National Congress · INC18,19147.7%
- 3P.R.NADARIndependent · IND6931.8%
- 4P.CHELLAPPANIndependent · IND6541.7%
Since 1965
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1965 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CON
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- −3.2%
- IND share
- 4.3% → 48.8%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 47.7%
- Turnout
- — → —