Constituency
62. Mala
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1977
KL-MALA
INC 56.4%won by 15.4%CPM 41.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.5% to 15.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 41.0% — 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
61,469
Margin
9,466
15.40%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1K. KARUNAKARANIndian National Congress · INC34,69956.4%
- 2PAUL KOKKATCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM25,23341.0%
- 3KESAVAN M. A.Independent · IND7311.2%
- 4ADHINARAYANA IYERIndependent · IND5991.0%
- 5K. V. K. WARRIERIndependent · IND2070.3%
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–CPM swing
- −43.7%
- INC share
- 59.1% → 56.4%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 41.0%
- Turnout
- — → —