Constituency
94. Alleppey
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1970
KL-ALLEPPEY
CPI 52.9%won by 17.0%IND 35.9%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.6% to 17.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 35.9% — 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
52,856
Margin
9,010
17.05%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPI- 1T. V. THOMASCommunist Party of India · CPI27,96452.9%
- 2N. SWAYAMAVARANIndependent · IND18,95435.9%
- 3K. P. RAMACHANDRAN NAIRIndependent · IND5,69710.8%
- 4R. RADHAKRISHNANIndependent · IND2410.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–IND swing
- −40.6%
- CPI share
- 57.7% → 52.9%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 35.9%
- Turnout
- — → —