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Constituency

90. Kottayam

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1977

KL-KOTTAYAM

CPI 50.4%won by 5.0%CPM 45.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 5.0%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 50.4% of the vote here (+50.4%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.7% of the vote between them, up from 76.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
70,862
Margin
3,576
5.05%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1P. P. GEORGECommunist Party of India · CPI35,68350.4%
  2. 2M. THOMASCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM32,10745.3%
  3. 3VAIKOM DEVARAJIndependent · IND1,9232.7%
  4. 4THIRUVARPPU PARAMESWARAN NAIRIndependent · IND5380.8%
  5. 5T. K. KOCHOLAKUMARIndependent · IND3350.5%
  6. 6V. D. JOHN DEVASSIAIndependent · IND2760.4%

Since 1970

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPI–CPM swing
+54.9%
CPI share
0.0% → 50.4%
CPM share
49.8% → 45.3%
Turnout
— → —
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