Election
Constituency

29. Tirur

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1970

KL-TIRUR

MUL 50.7%won by 6.7%IND 43.9%

What changed here

Derived

MUL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.3% to 6.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 43.9% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 94.6% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
56,525
Margin
3,792
6.71%

Candidates

3 contested · winner MUL
  1. 1K. M. KUTTYMUL · MUL28,63450.7%
  2. 2R. MUHAMMEDIndependent · IND24,84243.9%
  3. 3P. GOVINDAKUTTYIndependent · IND3,0495.4%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
MUL
Winner now
MUL
MULIND swing
−53.9%
MUL share
60.7% 50.7%
IND share
0.0% 43.9%
Turnout