1965 elections in India
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Legislative Assembly elections
[edit]| Political Party | Seats Contested |
Won | Net Change in seats |
% of Seats |
Votes | Vote % | Change in vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress | 133 | 36 |  27 |
27.07 | 21,23,660 | 33.55 | 0.87
| |
| Communist Party of India | 79 | 3 | 28 |
2.26 | 525,456 | 8.3 | 30.84
| |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 73 | 40 | New | 30.08 | 1,257,869 | 19.87 | New | |
| Kerala Congress | 54 | 23 | New | 17.29 | 796,291 | 12.58 | New | |
| IUML | 16 | 6 | 5 |
4.51 | 242,529 | 3.71 | 1.29
| |
| Samyukta Socialist Party | 29 | 13 | New | 9.77 | 514,689 | 8.13 | New | |
| Independent | 174 | 12 |  7 |
9.02 | 869,843 | 13.74 | N/A | |
| Total Seats | 133 ( 0) |
Voters | 6,330,337 | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1965 : To the Legislative Assembly of Kerala" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1960 : To the Legislative Assembly of Kerala" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ Thomas Johnson Nossiter (1 January 1982). Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation. University of California Press. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-520-04667-2.
