Constituency
120. Varkala
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1970
KL-VARKALA
CPI 54.1%won by 11.9%CPM 42.2%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.2% to 11.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 42.2% — 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
48,841
Margin
5,814
11.90%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPI- 1MAJID T. A.Communist Party of India · CPI26,44454.1%
- 2RADHAKRISHNAN V.Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM20,63042.2%
- 3FAZZLUL HAQ M.NCO · NCO8921.8%
- 4BALLAN G.Independent · IND8751.8%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–CPM swing
- −46.2%
- CPI share
- 58.1% → 54.1%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 42.2%
- Turnout
- — → —