Constituency
176. Muvattu Puzha
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-MUVATTU-PUZHA
CPM 44.2%won by 13.3%INC 30.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 13.3%.
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 44.2% of the vote here (+44.2%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.1% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 12.8% to 75.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,23,640
Turnout
75.0%
Valid votes
3,17,602
Margin
42,154
13.27%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1P. P. ESTHOSECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,40,40344.2%
- 2K. M. CHANDYIndian National Congress · INC98,24930.9%
- 3A. THOYILKerala Congress · KEC70,01022.0%
- 4N. A. NAIRIndependent · IND8,9402.8%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +67.5%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 44.2%
- INC share
- 54.2% → 30.9%
- Turnout
- 62.2% → 75.0%