1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

The Kerala Legislative Assembly election of 1965 was the third assembly election in the Indian state of Kerala.[1] [2]

1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
1965
All 133 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly
67 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader E. M. S. Namboodiripad R. Sankar
Party CPI (M) INC KEC
Alliance With IUML,KEC & SSP
Leader's seat Kollam
Last election 43 Did not contest
Seats won 40 36 25
Seat change N/A 27 N/A
Popular vote 1,257,869 2,123,660 796,291
Percentage 19.87% 33.55% 12.58%
Swing N/A 0.87% N/A
Chief Minister before election

R. Sankar
INC

 Chief Minister

Vacant
President's Rule

Background

Both Indian National Congress and Communist Party of India went through big changes during the period that preceded the elections in 1965. Congress was split and a new state party Kerala Congress was formed.

Communist Party of India also went through a split during this time.

Constituencies

There were 133 constituencies in total, out of which 120 were General Category, 11 Scheduled Castes and 2 Scheduled Tribe seats.

Political parties

Three national parties - Indian National Congress, Communist Party of India and Communist Party of India (Marxist) and three state level parties Kerala Congress, Indian Union Muslim League and Samyukta Socialist Party took part in the elections.

Results
 Summary of results of the 1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election [3][4]
Political PartyFlagSeats
Contested		WonNet Change
in seats		% of
Seats		 VotesVote %Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 13336 2727.0721,23,66033.55 0.87
Communist Party of India 793 282.26525,4568.3 30.84
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 7340New30.081,257,86919.87New
Kerala Congress 5423New17.29796,29112.58New
IUML 1664.51242,5293.83
Samyukta Socialist Party 2913New9.77514,6898.13New
Independent 17412 79.02869,84313.74N/A
Total Seats133 ( 0)Voters6,330,337

Government formation

No party or group was able to form a government due to the fractured nature of results. The result was dissolution of the assembly again, and the state was again under Presidents Rule.

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See also

References
  1. "History of Kerala Legislature". Kerala Government. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  2. http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_1965_ST_REP.pdf
  3. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1960 : To the Legislative Assembly of Kerala" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  4. 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.
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