Constituency
44. Malampuzha
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1970
KL-MALAMPUZHA
CPM 67.5%won by 34.9%IND 32.5%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 40.6% to 34.9%.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 32.5% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
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
56,863
Margin
19,853
34.91%
Candidates
2 contested · winner CPM- 1V. KRISHNADASCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM38,35867.5%
- 2C. M. UNDARAMIndependent · IND18,50532.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–IND swing
- −35.4%
- CPM share
- 70.3% → 67.5%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 32.5%
- Turnout
- — → —