Constituency
89. Changanacherry
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1977
KL-CHANGANACHERRY
KEC 49.9%won by 19.5%KCP 30.4%
What changed here
DerivedKerala Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.7% to 19.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerKCP (KCP) finished second with 30.4% — it did not contest here in 1970.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.4% of the vote between them, up from 73.0% — 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
64,002
Margin
12,479
19.50%
Candidates
5 contested · winner KEC- 1JOSEPH CHACKOKerala Congress · KEC31,96049.9%
- 2MATHEW MULLAKUPADEMKCP · KCP19,48130.4%
- 3P. P. JOSEIndependent · IND8,61213.5%
- 4P. K. DIVAKARANIndependent · IND3,0464.8%
- 5T. R. SUKUMARANIndependent · IND9031.4%
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–KCP swing
- −20.3%
- KEC share
- 39.8% → 49.9%
- KCP share
- 0.0% → 30.4%
- Turnout
- — → —