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Kerala assembly election, Mar 1965

The 3rd Kerala legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
133
67 needed for a majority
Largest party
CPM
40 seats · short of a majority
Candidates
558
10 women, 3 elected
Turnout
73.97%
63.3 lakh of 85.6 lakh

The house

133 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

133SEATS
  • CPM40
  • CON36
  • KC23
  • SSP13
  • IND12
  • ML6
  • CPI3

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)40—7336.2%12,57,86919.87%—9
CONCON36—13333.5%21,23,66033.55%—6
KCKC23—5430.8%7,96,29112.58%—10
SSPSamyukta Socialist Party13—2938.0%5,14,6898.13%—4
INDIndependent12—17410.5%8,69,84313.74%—136
MLML6—1631.9%2,42,5293.83%—2
CPICommunist Party of India3—7913.9%5,25,4568.30%—54

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Kerala at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of Mar 1965

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
BADAGARAKeralaSSPM. KRISHNANCONT. KRISHNAN21,93542.45%
KUNNAMANGALAMKeralaSSPV. KUTTIKRISHNAN NAIRCONP.K. IMBICHI AHAMMED HAJI17,18236.75%
KALLOOPPARAKeralaKCGEORGE THOMASCPMK. R. KESHAVA PILLAI15,64835.52%
ALATHURKeralaCPMR. KRISHNANCONA. NARAYANAN13,85632.89%
MALAMPUZHAKeralaCPMM.P. KUNHIRAMANCONC.V. RAMACHANDRAN14,35131.92%
PARASSALAKeralaCONN. GAMALIELSSPS. SUKUMARAN NAIR13,70331.66%
NILESWARKeralaCPMV.V. KUNHAMBOOCONK.V. KUNHAMBU16,37231.47%
NEDUMANGADKeralaCONS. VARADARAJAN NAIRCPINEELAKANTARU PANDARATHIL12,04931.39%
KUZNALMANNAMKeralaSSPO. KORANCONK. EACHARAN11,45630.66%
TANURKeralaMLC. MUHAMED KUTTYCONK. KUNHIMOHAMMED13,01329.93%

Closest results of Mar 1965

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
CHANDAYAMANGLAMKeralaSSPD. DAMODARAN POTTYCONN. BHASKARAN PILLAI220.05%
VAIKOMKeralaCONP. PARAMESWARANKCK. N. NARAYANAN NAIR880.17%
CHELAKARAKeralaCONK. K. BALAKRISHNANCPMC. K. CHAKRAPANI1060.27%
QUILONKeralaCONHENRY AUSTININDT. K. DIVAKARAN2500.52%
TRIVANDRUM IKeralaSSPB. MADHAVAN NAIRCONM. N. GOPINATHAN NAIR2270.63%
KAYAMKULAMKeralaCPMSUKUMARANCONPRABHAKARAN3430.66%
KILIMANOORKeralaCPMC. K. BALAKRISHNANCONK. SIVADASAN3440.88%
GURUVAYURKeralaINDP. K. ABDUL MAJEEDCONM. V. ABOOBACKER4911.03%
KOTHAMANGALAMKeralaKCK. M. GEORGECONN. P. VARGHESE5461.05%
ERAVIPURAMKeralaCONABDUL RAHIMINDSANKARAN UNNI6561.26%