48. Malampuzha

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 34.9% to 8.4%.

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 15.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerRashtriya Sarvajan Party (RSP) finished second with 43.2% — it did not contest here in 1970.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 94.9% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.