Constituency
171. Trichur
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-TRICHUR
CPI 48.1%won by 5.2%CPM 42.8%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 5.9% to 5.2%.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 42.8% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.9% between them, down from 96.2% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 6.0% to 71.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,47,049
Turnout
71.0%
Valid votes
3,88,389
Margin
20,324
5.23%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPI- 1C. JANARDHANANCommunist Party of India · CPI1,86,70948.1%
- 2K. P. ARAVINDAKSHANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,66,38542.8%
- 3M. A. POULOSENCO · NCO26,9606.9%
- 4RAMU KARIATIndependent · IND6,3641.6%
- 5K. L. VARGHESEIndependent · IND1,9710.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–CPM swing
- −45.8%
- CPI share
- 51.0% → 48.1%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 42.8%
- Turnout
- 77.0% → 71.0%