Constituency
169. Ponnani
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-PONNANI
CPM 49.1%won by 4.0%INC 45.1%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.6% to 4.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.0% to 56.2%.
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Electorate
5,29,191
Turnout
56.2%
Valid votes
2,97,537
Margin
11,923
4.01%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1M. K. KRISHNANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,46,18649.1%
- 2K. KUNHAMBUIndian National Congress · INC1,34,26345.1%
- 3K. K. PODIYANBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS17,0885.7%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −19.6%
- CPM share
- 59.3% → 49.1%
- INC share
- 35.7% → 45.1%
- Turnout
- 60.3% → 56.2%