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Constituency

34. Malappuram

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1982

KL-MALAPPURAM

MUL 67.5%won by 41.8%IML 25.7%

What changed here

Derived

MUL held the seat; the winning margin widened from 35.9% to 41.8%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 93.2% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
  • Safe seatMUL won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
52,532
Margin
21,964
41.81%

Candidates

3 contested · winner MUL
  1. 1P. K. KUNNALIKUTTYMUL · MUL35,46467.5%
  2. 2M. MOHAMED SHAFFIIML · IML13,50025.7%
  3. 3MANJERI NARAYANANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,5686.8%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
MUL
Winner now
MUL
MULIML swing
+5.9%
MUL share
67.9% 67.5%
IML share
32.1% 25.7%
Turnout