Kerala Legislative Assembly election, 1965
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. In 1962, China attacked India, and Communist Party was divided ideologically into two groups. The official faction, sided with Russian ideology stood behind Nehru during the war. The group that sided with Chinese ideology were pushed to the bring. Eventually this group split off from CPI and formed Communist Party of India (Marxist). The official group was headed by S. A. Danke at national level. In Kerala, the two Communist parties fought each other in the 1965 elections. Most CPI(M) leaders were put behind the bars, and many contested the elections from behind the bars.
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
| Political Party | Flag | 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.
See also
References
- ↑ "History of Kerala Legislature". Kerala Government. Retrieved July 30, 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 2015-07-28.
- ↑ 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.