Kerala assembly election, Mar 1965

133 assembly constituencies in Kerala, 73.97% turnout.

Seats

133

Candidates

558

10 women, 3 elected

Turnout

73.97%

63.3 lakh of 85.6 lakh

Leading party

CPM

40 of 133 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Kerala

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	40	+40	73	12,57,869	19.87%	—
CON CON	36	+36	133	21,23,660	33.55%	—
KC KC	23	+23	54	7,96,291	12.58%	—
SSP Samyukta Socialist Party	13	+13	29	5,14,689	8.13%	—
IND Independent	12	+12	174	8,69,843	13.74%	—
ML ML	6	+6	16	2,42,529	3.83%	—
CPI Communist Party of India	3	+3	79	5,25,456	8.30%	—

CPM40 (30%)
CON36 (27%)
KC23 (17%)
SSP13 (10%)
IND12 (9%)
ML6 (5%)
Others3 (2%)

CPM40
CON36
KC23
SSP13
IND12
ML6
Others3

CPM40
CON36
KC23
SSP13
IND12
ML6
CPI3

Constituency performance

From the 133 results in Kerala

Closest contest

CHANDAYAMANGLAM

won by 22 (0.05%)

Biggest victory

BADAGARA

won by 21,935 (42.45%)

Highest turnout

NARAKAL

85.54%

Lowest turnout

MANNARGHAT

47.64%

Vote share & turnout trend

Kerala, every Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 133 seats, alphabetical · showing 101–133 of 133

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
PERMADE	CPMK. I. RAJAN	CONN. GANAPATHY	3,5108.94%	61.3%
PERUMBAVOOR	CPMP. GOVINDA PILLAI	KCC. P. POULOSE	8,39117.32%	80.2%
PONNANI	CONK.G. KARUNAKARAMENON	MLV.P.C. THANGAL	1,2722.57%	71.3%
POONJAR	INDP. D. THOMMEN	INDV. I. PURUSHOTHAMAN	7,04916.35%	73.5%
PUNALOOR	CONC. M. STEPHEN	CPIK. KRISHNA PILLAI	8121.76%	79.3%
PURUR	CONK. T. GEORGE	SSPK. G. RAMAN MENON	10,27622.19%	77.8%
PUTHUPALLY	CPME. M. GEORGE	CONTHOMAS RAJAN	1,8353.94%	77.5%
QUILANDY	SSPK.B. MENON	CONE. RAJAGOPALAN NAIR	9,00714.82%	82.7%
QUILON	CONHENRY AUSTIN	INDT. K. DIVAKARAN	2500.52%	78.6%
RANNI	KCE. M. THOMAS	CONM. SANNY	7,70216.63%	75.3%
SHERTHALA	KCC. V. JACOB	CONP. S. KARTHIKEYAN	1,8783.91%	81.4%
SOUTH WYNAD	SSPM. RAMUNNI	CONNOCHAMVAYAL VELIYA MOOPAN	5,18013.87%	58.0%
SREEKRISHNAPURAM	CPMC. GOVINDA PANICKER	CONM. NARAYANA KURUP	6,90821.71%	55.4%
TALIPARAMBA	CPMK.P. RAGHAVA PODUVAL	CONN.C. VARGHESE	6,79212.21%	76.0%
TANUR	MLC. MUHAMED KUTTY	CONK. KUNHIMOHAMMED	13,01329.93%	60.7%
TELLICHERRY	CPMP. GOPALAN	CONP. NANU	8,21514.92%	80.9%
THIRUVALLA	KCE. J. JACOB	CONK. KURIAN JOSEPH	14,91028.67%	77.6%
THODUPUZHA	KCC. A. MATHEW	INDZACHARIA CHACKO	4,0939.21%	80.9%
THRIPPUNITHURA	CPMT. K. RAMAKRISHNAN	CONPAUL	2,3714.60%	81.0%
TIRUR	MLK. MOIDEENKUTTY HAJI	CONM. PADMANABHAN NAIR	3,6707.83%	71.3%
TIRURANGADI	MLK. AVUKADERKUTTY NAHA	CONT.P. KUNHALANKUTTY	1,2422.46%	73.0%
TRICHUR	CONT. P. SEETHARAMAN	CPMC. L. VARKEY	4,2058.20%	78.4%
TRITHALA	CPME.T. KUNHAN	CONK. KUNHAMBU	6,00915.70%	56.4%
TRIVANDRUM I	SSPB. MADHAVAN NAIR	CONM. N. GOPINATHAN NAIR	2270.63%	55.3%
TRIVANDRUM I I	CONWILFRED SEBASTIAN	SSPE. P. EAPEN	3,8438.22%	66.1%
UDUMBANCHOLA	CPIK. T. JACOB	KCM. MATHACHAN	1,7473.77%	56.0%
VADAKKEKARA	INDABDUL JALEEL	CONK. R. VIJAYAN	2,3534.26%	79.2%
VAIKOM	CONP. PARAMESWARAN	KCK. N. NARAYANAN NAIR	880.17%	82.7%
VAMANAPURAM	CONM.KUNJUKRISHNA PILLAI	CPMVASUDEVAN PILLAI	1,0492.64%	73.7%
VARKALA	CONK. SHAHUL HAMEED	CPMV. RADHAKRISHNAN	8,71119.69%	77.5%
VAZHOOR	KCK. NARAYANA KURUP	CONN. GOVINDA MENON	11,01826.10%	76.2%
VILAPPIL	CONM. BHASKARANNAIR	SSPG. KRISHNAN NAIR	6,19713.85%	67.8%
WADAKKANCHERRY	SSPN. K. SESHAN	CONV. K. ACHUTHA MENON	3,3077.14%	70.7%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Kerala alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.

Who won the Kerala assembly election, Mar 1965?

Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 40 of 133 seats in Kerala, short of a majority on its own.

What was the voter turnout in the Kerala assembly election, Mar 1965?

Turnout was 73.97% — 63.3 lakh of 85.6 lakh registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Kerala have?

Kerala has 133 assembly seats.