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Kerala Assembly Election, 1970

133 seats · 71 changed party since 1967

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Party standings

Kerala Assembly Election, 1970 · 11 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 30 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 29 seatsIndependent — 16 seatsCommunist Party of India — 16 seatsKerala Congress — 12 seatsMUL — 11 seatsRashtriya Sarvajan Party — 6 seats4 other parties — 13 seats67133of 133 seats
  • INC30
  • CPM29
  • IND16
  • CPI16
  • KEC12
  • MUL11
  • RSP6
  • Others13

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress3023%13,27,27017.6%52
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)2922%17,94,21323.8%73
INDIndependent1612%13,35,98217.7%206
CPICommunist Party of India1612%6,75,2989.0%29
KECKerala Congress129%4,45,2325.9%31
MULMUL118%5,69,2207.6%20
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party65%3,30,9884.4%14
SOPSOP65%3,06,7384.1%14
ISPIndia Suyarajya Party32%2,44,2073.2%11
PSPPraja Socialist Party32%1,82,7602.4%7
KSPKisan Samaj Party (S)11%25,5430.3%1
NCONCO00%2,36,4543.1%36

+ 4 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Kerala Assembly Election, 1970 · winner by seat

140 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 67

1970 · selected
Majority 67
INC30CPM29IND16CPI16KEC12MUL11RSP6SOP6ISP3PSP3+1 more · 1 seats
1967 · previous
Majority 67

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1967 → 1970

1967 1970· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
35.4
17.6
23.5
23.8
8.5
17.7
8.6
9.0
7.6
5.9
6.8
7.6
0.0
4.4
INCCPMINDCPIKECMULRSP

Seat change

1970 seats minus 1967 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
9 → 30
+21
CPM
52 → 29
−23
IND
15 → 16
+1
CPI
19 → 16
−3
KEC
5 → 12
+7
MUL
14 → 11
−3
RSP
0 → 6
+6
SOP
0 → 6
+6
ISP
0 → 3
+3
PSP
0 → 3
+3

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1967 → 1970

share lostshare gained
IND
8.5% → 17.7%
+9.3%
RSP
0.0% → 4.4%
+4.4%
SOP
0.0% → 4.1%
+4.1%
ISP
0.0% → 3.2%
+3.2%
NCO
0.0% → 3.1%
+3.1%
PSP
0.2% → 2.4%
+2.2%
MUL
6.8% → 7.6%
+0.8%
CPI
8.6% → 9.0%
+0.4%
KSP
0.0% → 0.3%
+0.3%
CPM
23.5% → 23.8%
+0.3%

Biggest INC–CPM swings

Seats where the INC-vs-CPM vote gap moved most, 1967 → 1970. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − CPM share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward CPM.

toward CPMtoward INC
Kuzhalmannam
−95.1%
Wadakkancherry
−93.2%
Varkala
−84.1%
Punaloor
−83.7%
Kuthuparamba
−83.0%
North Wynad
+68.6%
Parassala
−66.3%
Pathanapuram
−65.2%
Adoor
−58.6%
Mankada
−57.7%
Vadakkekara
−50.2%
Kovalam
−48.5%

Closest races · 1970

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1970

133 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1967