Constituency
58. Mala
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1970
KL-MALA
INC 59.1%won by 21.5%IND 37.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.8% to 21.5%.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 37.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
51,342
Margin
11,053
21.53%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1K. KARUNAKARANIndian National Congress · INC30,36459.1%
- 2VARGHESE MECHERYIndependent · IND19,31137.6%
- 3A. D. JOSEPHKerala Congress · KEC1,6673.2%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −28.9%
- INC share
- 50.4% → 59.1%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 37.6%
- Turnout
- — → —