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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.