1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election


The Kerala Legislative Assembly election of 1965 was held to elect members to the third Niyamasabha. Communist Party of India (Marxist), which was the splinter faction of Communist Party of India, emerged as the largest party in the assembly with 40 seats, followed by Indian National Congress with 36. However no single party could form a ministry commanding majority and hence this election is considered abortive. On March 25, President's rule was invoked for the fourth time.

Background

Both the Indian National Congress and the 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, forming CPI.

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

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! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats
Contested !! Won !! Net Change
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! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in
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! style="text-align:center;" |Total Seats !! 133 !! ||Voters !! 6,330,337 !! style="text-align:center;" |

By Constituency

A. C. NO.Assembly Constituency NameCategoryWinner Candidates NameGenderPartyVoteRunner-up Candidates NameGenderPartyVote
1ManjeshwarGENMahabala BhandaryMINC20983M. Ramanna RaiMCPI15139
2KasaragodGENE. Abdul KaderMIND21923K.A. ShettyMINC19784
3HosdurgGENN.K. BalakrishnanMSSP30558M.Kunhikannan NambiarMINC17116
4NileswarGENV.V. KunhambooMCPI30547K.V. KunhambuMINC14175
5EdakkadGENC. KannanMCPI30716P.P. LakshmananMINC23072
6CannanoreGENK.M. AboobackerMIND31448P. MadhavanMINC24522
7MadayiGENK.P.R. GopalanMCPI26784P. GopalanMINC15034
8PayyannurGENA.V. KunhambuMCPI29537V.K. Kunhikrishnan NairMINC17062
9TaliparambaGENK.P. Raghava PoduvalMCPI29430N.C. VargheseMINC22638
10IrikkurGENE.P. Krishnan NambiarMCPI27284A. Narayanana NambissanMINC17033
11KuthuparambaGENK.K. AbuMSSP26498M.P. Moidu HajeeMINC20416
12TellicherryGENP. GopalanMCPI27981P. NanuMINC19766
13PeringalamGENP. Ramunni KurupMSSP34580N. Madusudhanan NambiarMINC19797
14North WynadK.K. AnnanMIND18078M.V. RajanMINC10461
15BadagaraGENM. KrishnanMSSP35197T. KrishnanMINC13262
16NadapuramGENC. H. KanaranMCPI26224K.P. PadmanabhanMINC14582
17MeppayurGENM.K KeluMCPI23998K. GopalanMINC15555
18QuilandyGENK. B. MenonMSSP33910E. Rajagopalan NairMINC24903
19PerambraGENV.V. Dakshina Mootrhy VariarMCPI25065K.T. Kunhiraman NayarMINC16205
20BalusseriGENA.K. AppuMSSP29593O.K. GovindanMINC23407
21KunnamangalamGENV. Kuttikrishnan NairMSSP30360P.K. Imbichi Ahammed HajiMINC13178
22KalpettaGENB. WellingdonMIND17549Joseph PulikkanaelMIND11187
23South WynadM. RamunniMSSP20256Nochamvayal Veliya MoopanMINC15076
24Calicut- IGENP.C. Raghavan NairMCPI27671M. KamalamFINC25125
25Calicut- IIGENP.M. AboobackerMIND30025K.P. RamunnimenonMINC21121
26BeyporeGENK. ChatunnyMCPI25342O.T. SaradakrishnanFINC14958
27TirurangadiGENK. Avukaderkutty NahaMML20836T.P. KunhalankuttyMINC19594
28TanurGENC. Muhamed KuttyMML25351K. KunhimohammedMINC12338
29TirurGENK. Moideenkutty HajiMML18366M. Padmanabhan NairMINC14696
30KuttippuramGENMohisin Bin AhamedMML17878T.R. KunhikrishnanMCPI12402
31KondottyGENM. Moideenkutty HajiMML24757M. UsmanMINC15174
32MalappuramGENM.P.M. Ahmed KurikkalMML25251P. Ahamed KuttyMCPI12745
33ManjeriU. UthamanMIND20060V. EacharanMINC13124
34NilamburGENK. KunhaliMCPI17914A. MohamedMINC10753
35PonnaniGENK.G. KarunakaramenonMINC15881V.P.C. ThangalMML14609
36ThrithalaE.T. KunhanMCPI21815K. KunhambuMINC15806
37PattambiGENE.M. Sankaran NamboodiripadMCPI19992K.P. ThangalMCPI12213
38OttapalamGENP.P. KrishnanMCPI20802K. SankaranarayananaMINC12560
39SreekrishnapuramGENC. Govinda PanickerMCPI16571M. Narayana KurupMINC9663
40MankadaGENP. MuhammedkuttyMCPI17875K.K. Sayed Ussan KoyaMML16582
41PerinthalmannaGENC. KoyaMCPI17426K. Hassan GaniMML12388
42MannarghatGENP.A. SankaranMCPI16099A.Chandran NairMINC7503
43PalghatGENM.V. VasuMCPI17747K. Pyarijan Sunna SahibMINC13260
44MalampuzhaGENM.P. KunhiramanMCPI27835C.V. RamachandranMINC13484
45ChitturGENK. A. Sivarama BharathyMSSP24630Leela Damodara MenonFINC17100
46KollengodeGENC. Vasudeva MenonMCPI22749P. N. KrishnanMINC13274
47AlathurGENR. KrishnanMCPI26328A. NarayananMINC12472
48KuzhalmannamO. KoranMSSP23477K. EacharanMINC12021
49ChelakaraK. K. BalakrishnanMINC17283C. K. ChakrapaniMCPI17177
50WadakkancheryGENN. K. SeshanMSSP22352V. K. Achutha MenonMINC19045
51KunnamkulamGENT. K. KrishnanMCPI26448M. K. RajaMINC25354
52ManalurGENI. M. VelayudhanMINC23009B. WellingtonMIND15310
53TrichurGENT. P. SeetharamanMINC22777C. L. VarkeyMCPI18572
54OllurGENA. V. AryanMCPI20180P. R. FrancisMINC19475
55IrinjalakudaGENK. T. AchuthanMINC19302P. Appukutta MenonMIND13143
56KodakaraGENP. S. NamboodiriMCPI18755C. G. JanardhananMINC16393
57ChalakudiGENP. P. GeorgeMINC18873B. C. VarugheseMIND14165
58MalaGENK. KarunakaranMINC18044K. A. ThomasMCPI13282
59GuruvayoorGENP. K. Abdul MajeedMIND20322M. V. AboobackerMINC19831
60NattikaGENRamu KariatMIND27704V. K. KumaranMINC24418
61CranganoreGENK. C. M. MatherMINC25330Gopalakrishna MenonMCPI13847
62AnkamaliGENJohnMKC19828GeervacisMINC13840
63VadakkekaraGENAbdul JaleelMIND25288K. R. VijayanMINC22935
64ParurGENK. T. GeorgeMINC24678K. G. Raman MenonMSSP14402
65NarakkalGENK. C. AbrahamMINC24713A. S. PurushothamanMCPI17141
66MattancherryGENM. P. Muhamed JaferkhanMIND24933K. K. VishwanathanMINC15951
67PalluruthyGENP. GangadharanMCPI22717A. L. JacobMINC19151
68ThrippunithuraGENT. K. RamakrishnanMCPI24387PaulMINC22016
69ErnakulamGENP. J. AlexanderMINC20853T. A. Mohammed KunjuMIND9999
70AlwayeGENV. P. MarakkarMINC22659P. K. KunjuMSSP21556
71PerumbavoorGENP. Govinda PillaiMCPI21265C. P. PouloseMKC12874
72KunnathunadK. K. MadhavanMINC22635M, K. KrishnanMCPI20834
73KothamangalamGENK. M. GeorgeMKC18744N. P. VargheseMINC18198
74MuvattupuzhaGENA. T. PathroseMKC18929E. P. PouloseMINC14659
75ThodupuzhaGENC. A. MathewMKC18937Zacharia ChackoMIND14844
76KarimannoorGENChacko KuriakoseMKC15897M. M. ThomasMIND11650
77DevicolamG. VarathanMCPI16472T. MurukesanMINC15483
78UdumbancholaGENK. T. JacobMCPI17374M. MathachanMKC15627
79PermadeK. I. RajanMCPI12345N. GanapathyMINC8835
80KanjirappallyGENKurian VarkeyMKC18206Mustafa KamalMINC17468
81VazhoorGENK. Narayana KurupMKC20629N. Govinda MenonMINC9611
82ChanganacherryGENK. J. ChackoMKC21134K. G. Neelakantan NambudiripadMCPI16893
83PuthuppallyGENE. M. GeorgeMCPI15571Thomas RajanMINC13736
84KottayamGENM. K. GeorgeMCPI17880M. P. Govindan NairMINC14396
85EttumanoorGENM. M. JosephMKC23400Mustafa Khani RawtherMINC15178
86AkalakunnamGENJ. A. ChackoMKC22913Vasudevan KarthaMIND13755
87PoonjarGENP. D. ThommenMIND21975V. I. PurushothamanMIND14926
88PalaiGENK. M. ManiMKC25833V. T. ThomasMIND16248
89KaduthuruthyGENJoseph ChazhikattuMKC26597M. C. AbrahamMINC12344
90VaikomGENP. ParameswaranMINC15255K. N. Narayanan NairMKC15167
91AroorGENK. R. Gouri ThomasFCPI19426Devaki KrishnanFINC14843
92SherthalaGENC. V. JacobMKC15070P. S. KarthikeyanMINC13192
93MararikulamGENSuseela GopalanFCPI22424P. Karunakara ThandarMINC16707
94AlleppeyGENG. Chidambara IyerMINC13997T. V. ThomasMCPI12693
95AmbalapuzhaGENK. S. Krishna KurupMINC16657V. S. AtchuthanandanMCPI14330
96KuttanadGENThomas JohnMKC25319V. Z. JobMINC15067
97HaripadGENK. P. Ramakrishnan NairMINC23644C. B. Chandrasekhara WarrierMCPI17178
98KayamkulamGENSukumaranMCPI17522PrabhakaranMINC17179
99ThiruvallaGENE. J. JacobMKC27809K. Kurian JosephMINC12899
100KalloopparaGENGeorge ThomasMKC25422K. R. Keshava PillaiMCPI9774
101AranmulaGENN. Bhaskaran NairMKC22000K. Velayudhan NairMINC17031
102ChengannurGENK. R. Saraswathi AmmaFKC26248N. S. Krishna PillaiMINC12135
103MavelikaraGENK. K. Chellappan PillaiMINC19391G. Gopinatha PillaiMSSP14058
104PandalamP. K. KunjachanMCPI20241T. KandankalyMINC15091
105RanniGENE. M. ThomasMKC21707M. SannyMINC14005
106PathanamthittaGENV. I. IdicullaMKC24574K. Karunakaran NairMIND19222
107KonniGENP. J. ThomasMINC17064K. M. GeorgeMKC14972
108PathanapuramP. C. AdichanMCPI13948P. K. Ramachandra DasMINC13172
109PunalurGENC. M. StephenMINC14599K. Krishna PillaiMCPI13787
110ChadayamangalamGEND. Damodaran PottyMSSP16291N. Bhaskaran PillaiMINC16269
111KottarakkaraGENR. Balakrishna PillaiMKC27534E. Chandrasekharan NairMCPI19395
112KunnathurT. KrishnanMKC15734T. KesavanMCPI12297
113AdoorGENK. K. Gopalan NairMKC17651P. Ramalinga AyyarMCPI15287
114KrishnapuramGENM. K. HemachandranMINC19842Unnikrishna PillaiMCPI16229
115KarunagappallyGENKunjukrishnanMINC19762BhasiMIND17468
116QuilonGENHenry AustinMINC13749T. K. DivakaranMIND13499
117KundaraGENSankara Narayana PillaiMINC20166ChitharanjanMCPI14126
118EravipuramGENAbdul RahimMINC19114Sankaran UnniMIND18458
119ChathannoorGENThankanppan PillaiMIND17462P. RavindranMCPI16694
120VarkalaGENK. Shahul HameedMINC21092V. RadhakrishnanMCPI12381
121AttingalGENK. AnirudhanMCPI25598R.SankarMINC23515
122KilimanoorC. K. BalakrishnanMCPI17911K. SivadasanMINC17567
123VamanapuramGENM.Kunjukrishna PillaiMINC18017Vasudevan PillaiMCPI16968
124AryanadGENV. SankaranMINC11187M. Abdul MajeedMSSP9890
125NedumangadGENS. Varadarajan NairMINC21674Neelakantaru PandarathilMCPI9625
126KazhakuttamGENN. LakshmananMINC17379K. P. AlikunjuMCPI14011
127Trivandrum IGENB. Madhavan NairMSSP14865M. N. Gopinathan NairMINC14638
128Trivandrum I IGENWilfred SebastianMINC18129E. P. EapenMSSP14286
129NemomGENM. SadasivanMCPI17756P. Narayan NairMINC15043
130KovalamGENM. Kunjukrishnan NadarMINC19896Camalias MoraesMKC8972
131VilappilGENM. BhaskarannairMINC21850G. Krishnan NairMSSP15653
132NeyyattinkaraGENG. Chandrasekhara PillaiMINC18003SathyanesanMCPI15177
133ParassalaGENN. GamalielMINC25949S. Sukumaran NairMSSP12246

Government formation

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