Constituency
32. Malappuram
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1970
KL-MALAPPURAM
MUL 63.9%won by 27.9%IND 36.1%
What changed here
DerivedMUL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 46.1% to 27.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 36.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
62,061
Margin
17,303
27.88%
Candidates
2 contested · winner MUL- 1U. A. BEERANMUL · MUL39,68263.9%
- 2V. T. N. KUTTY NAIRIndependent · IND22,37936.1%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- MUL
- Winner now
- MUL
- MUL–IND swing
- −45.2%
- MUL share
- 73.1% → 63.9%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 36.1%
- Turnout
- — → —