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State: Kerala
Constituency: Idukki
Total Votes Polled: 729832
Winner: INC A C Jos 350679
Runner Up: KEC K Francis George 320539
Margin: 30140 (4.20%)

The constituency from where Congressman C M Stephen defeated the then resurgent Kerala Congress's sitting MP M M Joseph in 1977, at the height of the Janata wave. The CPI-M succeeded the Congress in 1980, but after that the Congress has won from here all the four times.

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