Constituency
4. Hosdrug
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1977
KL-HOSDRUG
CPI 51.6%won by 3.1%CPM 48.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 3.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 51.6% of the vote here (+51.6%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 48.4% — it did not contest here in 1970.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 84.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
67,261
Margin
2,105
3.13%
Candidates
2 contested · winner CPI- 1K. T. KUMARANCommunist Party of India · CPI34,68351.6%
- 2M. RAGHAVANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM32,57848.4%
Since 1970
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–CPM swing
- +3.1%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 51.6%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 48.4%
- Turnout
- — → —