Constituency
77. Devicolam
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1970
KL-DEVICOLAM
CPM 35.8%won by 7.0%INC 28.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 7.0%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 43.9% to 35.8% of the vote here (−8.1%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.6% between them, down from 88.5% — the field split more ways.
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
41,463
Margin
2,889
6.97%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1G. VARADANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM14,83835.8%
- 2N. GANAPATHYIndian National Congress · INC11,94928.8%
- 3M. PALANIVELNCO · NCO9,49022.9%
- 4G. VAIKUNDAMIndependent · IND5,18612.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +7.8%
- CPM share
- 43.9% → 35.8%
- INC share
- 44.7% → 28.8%
- Turnout
- — → —