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Kerala

Main article: 1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

Summary of results of the 1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election ^{[1] [2] [3]}

	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

1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1965 : To the Legislative Assembly of Kerala" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1960 : To the Legislative Assembly of Kerala" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
3. 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.