Constituency
109. Punaloor
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1970
KL-PUNALOOR
CPI 49.0%won by 6.6%CPM 42.4%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.3% to 6.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 42.4% — 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
51,804
Margin
3,426
6.61%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPI- 1K. KRISHNA PILLAICommunist Party of India · CPI25,40749.0%
- 2V. BHARATHANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM21,98142.4%
- 3N. BHASKARAN PILLAINCO · NCO4,4168.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–CPM swing
- −46.0%
- CPI share
- 52.6% → 49.0%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 42.4%
- Turnout
- — → —