Constituency
16. North Wynad
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1977
KL-NORTH-WYNAD
INC 57.3%won by 14.6%CPM 42.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.5% to 14.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 42.7% — it did not contest here in 1970.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 87.0% — 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
56,877
Margin
8,301
14.59%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1M. V. RAJANIndian National Congress · INC32,58957.3%
- 2A. GOPALANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM24,28842.7%
Since 1970
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- −39.6%
- INC share
- 54.2% → 57.3%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 42.7%
- Turnout
- — → —