Constituency
172. Palghat
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-PALGHAT
CPM 59.1%won by 25.2%INC 34.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 25.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 59.1% of the vote here (+59.1%).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 9.4% to 57.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,65,825
Turnout
57.4%
Valid votes
2,67,538
Margin
67,358
25.18%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1E. K. NAYANARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,58,23059.1%
- 2C. S. DEVANIndian National Congress · INC90,87234.0%
- 3P. T. KOCHUVARKEYIndependent · IND18,4366.9%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +54.8%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 59.1%
- INC share
- 29.6% → 34.0%
- Turnout
- 48.0% → 57.4%