Constituency
94. Palai
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1977
KL-PALAI
KEC 61.0%won by 22.9%IND 38.2%
What changed here
DerivedKerala Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.6% to 22.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.2% of the vote between them, up from 82.1% — 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
64,992
Margin
14,857
22.86%
Candidates
3 contested · winner KEC- 1K. M. MANIKerala Congress · KEC39,66461.0%
- 2N. C. JOSEPHIndependent · IND24,80738.2%
- 3JOSEPH CHERIANIndependent · IND5210.8%
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–IND swing
- −2.4%
- KEC share
- 41.4% → 61.0%
- IND share
- 16.1% → 38.2%
- Turnout
- — → —