Constituency
29. Kalpetta
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1977
KL-KALPETTA
INC 51.1%won by 3.7%BLD 47.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.0% to 3.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 47.3% — it did not contest here in 1970.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.4% of the vote between them, up from 90.2% — 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
56,236
Margin
2,105
3.74%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1K. G. ADIYODIIndian National Congress · INC28,71351.1%
- 2M. P. VEERANDRAKUMARBLD · BLD26,60847.3%
- 3P. O. G. NAMBIARIndependent · IND9151.6%
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–BLD swing
- −50.9%
- INC share
- 54.6% → 51.1%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 47.3%
- Turnout
- — → —