Election
Constituency

100. Alleppey

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1977

KL-ALLEPPEY

CPI 57.9%won by 15.9%BLD 42.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.0% to 15.9%.

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

  • New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 42.1% — it did not contest here in 1970.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 88.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
60,932
Margin
9,670
15.87%

Candidates

2 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1P. K. VASUDEVAN NAIRCommunist Party of India · CPI35,30157.9%
  2. 2JOSEPH MATAHNBLD · BLD25,63142.1%

Since 1970

Derived

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

Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPIBLD swing
−37.0%
CPI share
52.9% 57.9%
BLD share
0.0% 42.1%
Turnout