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Constituency

152. Ambalapuzha

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Kerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-AMBALAPUZHA

CPI 51.7%won by 3.4%PSP 48.3%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.3% to 3.4%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Praja Socialist Party (PSP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 93.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
4,45,802
Turnout
73.8%
Valid votes
3,29,107
Margin
11,233
3.41%

Candidates

2 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1P. K. VASUDEVAN NAIRCommunist Party of India · CPI1,70,17051.7%
  2. 2BABY JOHNPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,58,93748.3%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPIPSP swing
−41.9%
CPI share
51.5% 51.7%
PSP share
6.2% 48.3%
Turnout
75.2% 73.8%