Constituency
178. Mavelikara
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-MAVELIKARA
KEC 56.0%won by 14.7%CPM 41.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to Kerala Congress (KEC), which now leads by 14.7%.
- KEC vote shareKEC went from 20.9% to 56.0% of the vote here (+35.2%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 41.4% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.4% of the vote between them, up from 79.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.4% to 73.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,14,087
Turnout
73.7%
Valid votes
3,78,862
Margin
55,527
14.66%
Candidates
3 contested · winner KEC- 1R. BALAKRISHNA PILLAIKerala Congress · KEC2,12,21056.0%
- 2S. RAMACHANDRAN PILLAICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,56,68341.4%
- 3C. THOMASIndependent · IND9,9692.6%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- SSP
- Winner now
- KECflipped
- KEC–CPM swing
- −6.2%
- KEC share
- 20.9% → 56.0%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 41.4%
- Turnout
- 76.1% → 73.7%