Constituency
179. Ambalapuzha
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-AMBALAPUZHA
CPM 49.5%won by 14.1%INC 35.4%
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 14.1%.
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 49.5% of the vote here (+49.5%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 35.4% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.0% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.9% to 77.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,58,181
Turnout
77.8%
Valid votes
3,56,335
Margin
50,277
14.11%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1S. GOPALANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,76,55249.5%
- 2P. S. KARTHIKEYANIndian National Congress · INC1,26,27535.4%
- 3N. N. KURUPSwatantra Party · SWA41,52411.7%
- 4O. PILLAIndependent · IND11,9843.4%
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
- +14.1%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 49.5%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 35.4%
- Turnout
- 73.8% → 77.8%