Constituency
7. Payyannur
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1977
KL-PAYYANNUR
CPM 53.6%won by 7.3%IND 46.4%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.2% to 7.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 92.1% — 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
69,465
Margin
5,047
7.27%
Candidates
2 contested · winner CPM- 1N. SUBRAMONIYA SHENOYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM37,25653.6%
- 2T. C. BHARATHANIndependent · IND32,20946.4%
Since 1970
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–IND swing
- −37.0%
- CPM share
- 52.2% → 53.6%
- IND share
- 7.9% → 46.4%
- Turnout
- — → —