Constituency
29. Tirur
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1970
KL-TIRUR
MUL 50.7%won by 6.7%IND 43.9%
What changed here
DerivedMUL 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.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
56,525
Margin
3,792
6.71%
Candidates
3 contested · winner MUL- 1K. M. KUTTYMUL · MUL28,63450.7%
- 2R. MUHAMMEDIndependent · IND24,84243.9%
- 3P. GOVINDAKUTTYIndependent · IND3,0495.4%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- MUL
- Winner now
- MUL
- MUL–IND swing
- −53.9%
- MUL share
- 60.7% → 50.7%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 43.9%
- Turnout
- — → —