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Constituency

102. Chengannur

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1970

KL-CHENGANNUR

CPM 35.9%won by 3.7%KEC 32.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.0% to 3.7%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Kerala Congress (KEC).
  • 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
60,393
Margin
2,244
3.72%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1P. G. PURUSHOTHAMAN PILLAICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM21,68735.9%
  2. 2SARASWATHI RUGMINIKerala Congress · KEC19,44332.2%
  3. 3SIVARAMAN N. PARAMESHWARANIndependent · IND16,71927.7%
  4. 4E. G. RAGHAVANIndependent · IND1,7622.9%
  5. 5P. A. SREEDHARAN NAIRIndependent · IND7821.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–KEC swing
−2.7%
CPM share
34.8% → 35.9%
KEC share
28.3% → 32.2%
Turnout
— → —
101. Aranmula103. Mavelikara
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