Constituency
96. Vaikom
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1977
KL-VAIKOM
CPI 60.2%won by 22.7%CPM 37.6%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.8% to 22.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 37.6% — it did not contest here in 1970.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.8% of the vote between them, up from 82.2% — 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
65,915
Margin
14,941
22.67%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPI- 1M. K. KESAVANCommunist Party of India · CPI39,71160.2%
- 2K. G. BHASKARANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM24,77037.6%
- 3M. K. KUNJANIndependent · IND7461.1%
- 4P. K. NARAYANANIndependent · IND3650.6%
- 5KUMARJI DAVIDIndependent · IND3230.5%
Since 1970
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–CPM swing
- −18.8%
- CPI share
- 41.5% → 60.2%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 37.6%
- Turnout
- — → —