Constituency
78. Udumbanchola
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1970
KL-UDUMBANCHOLA
KEC 36.7%won by 8.3%CPM 28.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Kerala Congress (KEC), which now leads by 8.3%.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 28.4% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.1% between them, down from 88.4% — 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
67,921
Margin
5,621
8.28%
Candidates
7 contested · winner KEC- 1SEBASTIAN THOMASKerala Congress · KEC24,91736.7%
- 2V. M. VIKRAMANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM19,29628.4%
- 3K. T. JACOBCommunist Party of India · CPI18,71827.6%
- 4NARIYAMPARA BHASIIndependent · IND2,3233.4%
- 5V. D. JOHNIndependent · IND1,9512.9%
- 6MOOKKAPPANIndependent · IND5670.8%
- 7G. VISWANATHAN NAIRIndependent · IND1490.2%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- KECflipped
- KEC–CPM swing
- −27.4%
- KEC share
- 35.7% → 36.7%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 28.4%
- Turnout
- — → —