Constituency
151. Kottayam
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-KOTTAYAM
INC 61.2%won by 22.5%CPI 38.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.2% to 22.5%.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.8% to 70.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,09,662
Turnout
70.9%
Valid votes
2,90,336
Margin
65,286
22.49%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1MATHEW MANIYANGADANIndian National Congress · INC1,77,81161.2%
- 2GEORGECommunist Party of India · CPI1,12,52538.8%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- +14.3%
- INC share
- 51.6% → 61.2%
- CPI share
- 43.5% → 38.8%
- Turnout
- 75.7% → 70.9%