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55. Wadakkancherry

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1977

KL-WADAKKANCHERRY

INC 58.1%won by 18.5%CPM 39.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 18.5%.

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

  • INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 58.1% of the vote here (+58.1%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.6% of the vote between them, up from 90.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
65,044
Margin
12,058
18.54%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1K. S. NARAYANAN NAMBOODIRIIndian National Congress · INC37,78358.1%
  2. 2A. S. N. NAMBISANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM25,72539.6%
  3. 3P.R. KESAVANIndependent · IND7831.2%
  4. 4V. P. SREENIVASANIndependent · IND5870.9%
  5. 5VAKEDADATHU V. B. KUNJIMOHAMEDIndependent · IND1660.3%

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
INCflipped
INC–CPM swing
+65.6%
INC share
0.0% → 58.1%
CPM share
47.1% → 39.6%
Turnout
— → —
54. Chelakara56. Kunnamkulam
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