178. Kottayam

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 14.5%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 43.4% of the vote here (+43.4%).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.3% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 7.8% to 78.7%.

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