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7. Payyannur

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1982

KL-PAYYANNUR

CPM 57.7%won by 20.8%INC 36.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.9% to 20.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 36.9% — it did not contest here in 1980.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
76,706
Margin
15,960
20.81%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1M. V. RAGHAVANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM44,27157.7%
  2. 2T.V. BHARATHANIndian National Congress · INC28,31136.9%
  3. 3N.K. BHASKARANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,2744.3%
  4. 4M. NARAYANA MARARIndependent · IND5800.8%
  5. 5P.V. KRISHNANIndependent · IND2700.4%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−41.1%
CPM share
61.9% → 57.7%
INC share
0.0% → 36.9%
Turnout
— → —
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