Constituency
156. Chirayinkil
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-CHIRAYINKIL
CPI 55.5%won by 10.9%INC 44.5%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 34.5% to 10.9%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 70.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,37,189
Turnout
69.7%
Valid votes
3,04,635
Margin
33,219
10.90%
Candidates
2 contested · winner CPI- 1M. K. KUMARANCommunist Party of India · CPI1,68,92755.5%
- 2SHAHUL HAMEEDIndian National Congress · INC1,35,70844.5%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–INC swing
- −23.6%
- CPI share
- 52.5% → 55.5%
- INC share
- 18.0% → 44.5%
- Turnout
- 68.6% → 69.7%