Constituency
69. Ernakulam
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1970
KL-ERNAKULAM
INC 49.3%won by 9.2%CPM 40.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.6% to 9.2%.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 40.2% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
55,043
Margin
5,042
9.16%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1A. L. JACOBIndian National Congress · INC27,15949.3%
- 2M. M. LAWRENCECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM22,11740.2%
- 3K. J. A. OUSEPHIndependent · IND5,1759.4%
- 4PAUL KATTIHARAIndependent · IND3200.6%
- 5C. N. KRISHNANIndependent · IND2720.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- −36.5%
- INC share
- 45.7% → 49.3%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 40.2%
- Turnout
- — → —