Constituency
181. Chirayinkil
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-CHIRAYINKIL
INC 57.5%won by 15.5%CPM 42.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 15.5%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 42.6% to 57.5% of the vote here (+14.9%).
- TurnoutTurnout fell 9.9% to 63.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,02,730
Turnout
63.1%
Valid votes
3,17,053
Margin
49,272
15.54%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1VAYALAR RAVIIndian National Congress · INC1,82,43157.5%
- 2V. RADHAKRISHNANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,33,15942.0%
- 3V. SUDEVANIndependent · IND1,4630.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- +25.3%
- INC share
- 42.6% → 57.5%
- CPM share
- 52.4% → 42.0%
- Turnout
- 73.0% → 63.1%