Election
Constituency

44. Malampuzha

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1970

KL-MALAMPUZHA

CPM 67.5%won by 34.9%IND 32.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
56,863
Margin
19,853
34.91%

Candidates

2 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1V. KRISHNADASCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM38,35867.5%
  2. 2C. M. UNDARAMIndependent · IND18,50532.5%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMIND swing
−35.4%
CPM share
70.3% 67.5%
IND share
0.0% 32.5%
Turnout