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63. Vadakkekara

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1970

KL-VADAKKEKARA

CPM 51.3%won by 4.4%CPI 46.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.1% to 4.4%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 46.9% — 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
63,427
Margin
2,791
4.40%

Candidates

4 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1BALAUANDANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM32,54151.3%
  2. 2K. A. BALANCommunist Party of India · CPI29,75046.9%
  3. 3K. HASSAN GANIKerala Congress · KEC6661.1%
  4. 4K. K. RAMANIndependent · IND4700.7%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–CPI swing
−46.2%
CPM share
50.6% → 51.3%
CPI share
0.0% → 46.9%
Turnout
— → —
62. Ankamali64. Parur
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