Elections Archive

GEN · Kerala

Kottayam

Varkey George (KEC) won by 26,015 votes (7.9%).

Electors
4,91,252
Votes polled
3,30,399
Valid votes
3,28,170
Turnout
67.3%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1971-01-03

Margin vs 1971 national median: 7.9% (median 21.5%). Back to Kerala · 1971 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Comfortable (10–20%)Flipped vs 2019
Margin · 2024
10.6%(-1.2%)
Turnout
66.6%(-11.3%)
NOTA
1.4%
Top-2 squeeze
77.9%

Winning margin over time · Kottayam

1957196219671971197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202422%

Candidates

Candidates · Kottayam 1971
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Varkey GeorgeWinnerKEC1,67,79351.1%
2R. Ramachandran NairIND1,41,77843.2%
3Mathew ManiyangadanNCO18,5995.7%

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