Constituency
88. Vazhoor
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1977
KL-VAZHOOR
KEC 66.7%won by 35.7%CPM 31.0%
What changed here
DerivedKerala Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.9% to 35.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.6% of the vote between them, up from 71.1% — 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
56,069
Margin
20,035
35.73%
Candidates
4 contested · winner KEC- 1K. NARAYANA KURUPKerala Congress · KEC37,39166.7%
- 2K. M. SADASIVAN NAIRCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM17,35631.0%
- 3PAUL CHIKARODUIndependent · IND1,0701.9%
- 4A. CHANDRANIndependent · IND2520.4%
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–CPM swing
- +15.4%
- KEC share
- 44.5% → 66.7%
- CPM share
- 24.2% → 31.0%
- Turnout
- — → —