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Constituency

5. Edakkad

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1970

KL-EDAKKAD

INC 49.1%won by 5.7%CPM 43.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.7%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 40.1% to 49.1% of the vote here (+9.0%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 92.4% between them, down from 99.1% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
63,593
Margin
3,640
5.72%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+24.6%
INC share
40.1% 49.1%
CPM share
59.0% 43.3%
Turnout