Constituency
215. Adoor
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-ADOOR
CPI 54.0%won by 9.6%CPM 44.4%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.1% to 9.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 19.4% to 80.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,25,154
Turnout
80.3%
Valid votes
4,21,827
Margin
40,567
9.62%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPI- 1P. K. KODIYANCommunist Party of India · CPI2,27,93954.0%
- 2K. CHANDRASEKHARAN SHASTRICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,87,37244.4%
- 3R. ACHUTANIndependent · IND6,5161.5%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–CPM swing
- −25.5%
- CPI share
- 65.2% → 54.0%
- CPM share
- 30.2% → 44.4%
- Turnout
- 60.9% → 80.3%