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Constituency

49. Palghat

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1977

KL-PALGHAT

IND 50.0%won by 4.6%CPM 45.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 4.6%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 30.9% to 50.0% of the vote here (+19.1%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.4% of the vote between them, up from 71.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
60,315
Margin
2,803
4.65%

Since 1970

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INDflipped
INDCPM swing
+14.2%
IND share
30.9% 50.0%
CPM share
40.5% 45.4%
Turnout