Who won Punaloor in the 1977 Assembly election?

P.K. SREENJVASAN of the Communist Party of India (CPI) won Punaloor in the 1977 Assembly election with 33,870 votes (52.2% vote share), a margin of 3,202 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

115. Punaloor

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1977

KL-PUNALOOR

CPI 52.2%won by 4.9%CPM 47.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.6% to 4.9%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.4% of the vote between them, up from 91.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

64,933

Margin

3,202

4.93%

Candidates

3 contested · winner CPI

1P.K. SREENJVASAN Communist Party of India · CPI33,87052.2%
2V. BHARATHAN Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM30,66847.2%
3P.A. ITTY Independent · IND3950.6%

Since 1970

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then: CPI
Winner now: CPI
CPI–CPM swing: −1.7%
CPI share: 49.0% → 52.2%
CPM share: 42.4% → 47.2%
Turnout: — → —

114. Pathanapuram 116. Chadayamangalam

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