Constituency
9. Azhicode
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1982
KL-AZHICODE
CPM 57.9%won by 16.4%IND 41.4%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.6% to 16.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 41.4% — it polled just 0.7% in 1980.
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
63,667
Margin
10,456
16.42%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1P. DEVOOTTYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM36,84557.9%
- 2P. NARAYANANIndependent · IND26,38941.4%
- 3V. MADHAVANIndependent · IND4330.7%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–IND swing
- −43.8%
- CPM share
- 61.0% → 57.9%
- IND share
- 0.7% → 41.4%
- Turnout
- — → —