Constituency
179. Adoor
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-ADOOR
CPI 65.2%won by 35.1%CPM 30.2%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 22.0% to 35.1%.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 30.2% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.4% of the vote between them, up from 81.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 17.6% to 60.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,09,646
Turnout
60.9%
Valid votes
3,10,477
Margin
1,08,897
35.07%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPI- 1K. BHARGAVICommunist Party of India · CPI2,02,56965.2%
- 2P. K. KUNJACHANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM93,67230.2%
- 3C. B. RAMAKRISHNANIndependent · IND8,8272.8%
- 4DAKSHAYANI VELAYUDHANIndependent · IND3,9301.3%
- 5VETTIKAVALA KOCHUKUNJUIndependent · IND1,4790.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–CPM swing
- −16.6%
- CPI share
- 51.7% → 65.2%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 30.2%
- Turnout
- 78.5% → 60.9%