Constituency
148. Mukundapuram
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-MUKUNDAPURAM
INC 54.1%won by 10.7%CPI 43.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 10.7%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 42.2% to 54.1% of the vote here (+11.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.5% of the vote between them, up from 86.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.9% to 78.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,57,338
Turnout
78.8%
Valid votes
3,60,491
Margin
38,451
10.67%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1GOVINDA MENON PANAMPILLIIndian National Congress · INC1,95,03854.1%
- 2NARAYANKUTTY MENON THEKKECHALILCommunist Party of India · CPI1,56,58743.4%
- 3E. P. VARGHESEIndependent · IND8,8662.5%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPI swing
- +12.5%
- INC share
- 42.2% → 54.1%
- CPI share
- 44.0% → 43.4%
- Turnout
- 74.9% → 78.8%