1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
	1965
	1965
All 133 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly; 67 seats needed for a majority
Chief Minister before election; R. Sankar; INC	Chief Minister ; Vacant; President's Rule

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

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 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		4.51	242,529	3.83
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

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.

References

"History of Kerala Legislature". Kerala Government. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_1965_ST_REP.pdf
"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.

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[KeralaLegislature-1] "History of Kerala Legislature". Kerala Government. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2015.

[2] ttp://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_1965_ST_REP.pdf

[KeralaECI1960-3] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1960 : To the Legislative Assembly of Kerala" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 July 2015.

[Nossiter1982p128-4] 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.