Constituency
87. Kanjirappally
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1977
KL-KANJIRAPPALLY
KEC 50.9%won by 6.3%KCP 44.6%
What changed here
DerivedKerala Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.9% to 6.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerKCP (KCP) finished second with 44.6% — it did not contest here in 1970.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.5% of the vote between them, up from 78.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
63,272
Margin
3,980
6.29%
Candidates
7 contested · winner KEC- 1K. V. KURIANKerala Congress · KEC32,20750.9%
- 2EAPEN JACOBKCP · KCP28,22744.6%
- 3P. GOVINDAN KUTTYIndependent · IND1,8642.9%
- 4R. S. M. ISMAILIndependent · IND4250.7%
- 5ABRAHAM CHACKOIndependent · IND2190.3%
- 6K. SIVARAMANIndependent · IND1770.3%
- 7K. C. JAYADEVPERUMALIndependent · IND1530.2%
Since 1970
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- KEC
- Winner now
- KEC
- KEC–KCP swing
- −34.6%
- KEC share
- 40.9% → 50.9%
- KCP share
- 0.0% → 44.6%
- Turnout
- — → —