Constituency
78. Kunnathunad
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1977
KL-KUNNATHUNAD
CPM 48.1%won by 4.2%INC 44.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Rashtriya Sarvajan Party (RSP) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 4.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 43.2% to 48.1% of the vote here (+4.9%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 44.0% — 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
64,668
Margin
2,690
4.16%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1P. R. ESTHOSECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM31,12648.1%
- 2PAUL P. MANIIndian National Congress · INC28,43644.0%
- 3FR. OUSEPH PATHICKALIndependent · IND4,0566.3%
- 4P. ABOOBAKERIndependent · IND5450.8%
- 5P. K. KUMARANIndependent · IND4070.6%
- 6T. V. SUNDARAMIndependent · IND980.2%
Since 1970
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- RSP
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- −39.1%
- CPM share
- 43.2% → 48.1%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 44.0%
- Turnout
- — → —