Constituency
53. Alathur
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1977
KL-ALATHUR
CPM 50.5%won by 3.2%INC 47.3%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 29.7% to 3.2%.
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 11.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 47.3% — 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
62,226
Margin
1,999
3.21%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPMSince 1970
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −58.5%
- CPM share
- 61.7% → 50.5%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 47.3%
- Turnout
- — → —