Constituency
13. Peringalam
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1977
KL-PERINGALAM
INC 51.5%won by 3.0%BLD 48.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: India Suyarajya Party (ISP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 42.9% to 51.5% of the vote here (+8.6%).
- New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 48.5% — it did not contest here in 1970.
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
65,874
Margin
1,958
2.97%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1P. R. KARUPIndian National Congress · INC33,91651.5%
- 2V. K. ACHUTHANBLD · BLD31,95848.5%
Since 1970
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- ISP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BLD swing
- −39.9%
- INC share
- 42.9% → 51.5%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 48.5%
- Turnout
- — → —