Constituency
68. Ankamali
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1977
KL-ANKAMALI
CPM 49.6%won by 0.8%INC 48.9%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 2.2% to 0.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.5% of the vote between them, up from 87.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- Knife-edgeDecided by 561 votes (0.77%) — among the closest results anywhere.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
73,057
Margin
561
0.77%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1A. P. KURIANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM36,26149.6%
- 2P. P. THANKACHANIndian National Congress · INC35,70048.9%
- 3CHACKO ANCHERIIndependent · IND6961.0%
- 4MARY VERGHESEIndependent · IND4000.5%
Since 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
- −1.4%
- CPM share
- 44.7% → 49.6%
- INC share
- 42.5% → 48.9%
- Turnout
- — → —