Constituency
56. Kodakara
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1970
KL-KODAKARA
CPI 44.9%won by 5.9%SOP 39.0%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.6% to 5.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 39.0% — 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
53,327
Margin
3,151
5.91%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPI- 1C. ACHUTHA MENONCommunist Party of India · CPI23,92644.9%
- 2N. V. SREEDHARANSOP · SOP20,77539.0%
- 3T. P. SEETHARAMANNCO · NCO7,36013.8%
- 4T. R. KUTHY MENONIndependent · IND7181.3%
- 5K. V. K. WARRIRIndependent · IND5481.0%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–SOP swing
- −46.6%
- CPI share
- 52.5% → 44.9%
- SOP share
- 0.0% → 39.0%
- Turnout
- — → —