Constituency
175. Peermade
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-PEERMADE
KEC 60.6%won by 27.9%IND 32.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Kerala Congress (KEC), which now leads by 27.9%.
- KEC vote shareKEC went from 0.0% to 60.6% of the vote here (+60.6%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 32.8% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.4% of the vote between them, up from 78.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 17.5% to 50.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,28,326
Turnout
50.7%
Valid votes
2,67,826
Margin
74,624
27.86%
Candidates
5 contested · winner KEC- 1M. M. JOSEPHKerala Congress · KEC1,62,42860.6%
- 2V. I. THOMAS (THAMPI)Independent · IND87,80432.8%
- 3JOSEPH CHAZHIKATSwatantra Party · SWA14,7165.5%
- 4KURIAN CHERIANIndependent · IND1,8960.7%
- 5MASSILAMONEY CHRIST DHASIndependent · IND9820.4%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- KECflipped
- KEC–IND swing
- +27.9%
- KEC share
- 0.0% → 60.6%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 32.8%
- Turnout
- 68.2% → 50.7%