Constituency
12. Tellicherry
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1982
KL-TELLICHERRY
CPM 63.3%won by 26.5%IND 36.7%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 24.2% to 26.5%.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 36.7% — it polled just 0.7% in 1980.
- Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
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
64,432
Margin
17,100
26.54%
Candidates
2 contested · winner CPM- 1KODIYERI BALAKRISHNANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM40,76663.3%
- 2K . C. NANDANANIndependent · IND23,66636.7%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–IND swing
- −34.4%
- CPM share
- 61.7% → 63.3%
- IND share
- 0.7% → 36.7%
- Turnout
- — → —