Constituency
101. Ambalapuzha
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1977
KL-AMBALAPUZHA
RSP 51.8%won by 9.0%CPM 42.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Rashtriya Sarvajan Party (RSP), which now leads by 9.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- RSP vote shareRSP went from 44.3% to 51.8% of the vote here (+7.5%).
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
61,867
Margin
5,585
9.03%
Candidates
7 contested · winner RSP- 1K.K. KUMARA PILLAIRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP32,05651.8%
- 2V.S. ACHUTHANANDANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM26,47142.8%
- 3RAJASIMHANIndependent · IND2,2883.7%
- 4K.BALAKRISHNA KURUPIndependent · IND4580.7%
- 5P.A. MAJEEDIndependent · IND2690.4%
- 6JOSEPH POOTHARAIndependent · IND2230.4%
- 7RAMA PANIKER HARIHARA IYERIndependent · IND1020.2%
Since 1970
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- RSPflipped
- RSP–CPM swing
- +13.8%
- RSP share
- 44.3% → 51.8%
- CPM share
- 49.0% → 42.8%
- Turnout
- — → —