Constituency
108. Chengannur
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1977
KL-CHENGANNUR
IND 53.1%won by 10.3%KCP 42.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 10.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 27.7% to 53.1% of the vote here (+25.4%).
- New challengerKCP (KCP) finished second with 42.9% — it did not contest here in 1970.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.0% of the vote between them, up from 68.1% — 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
63,824
Margin
6,553
10.27%
Candidates
4 contested · winner IND- 1THAKAPPAN PILLAIIndependent · IND33,90953.1%
- 2K.R. SARASWATHI AMMAKCP · KCP27,35642.9%
- 3V. VISWANATHANIndependent · IND2,1503.4%
- 4P.P. MATHEWIndependent · IND4090.6%
Since 1970
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–KCP swing
- −17.4%
- IND share
- 27.7% → 53.1%
- KCP share
- 0.0% → 42.9%
- Turnout
- — → —