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Constituency

39. Ponnani

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1982

KL-PONNANI

INC 46.2%won by 0.1%CPM 46.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.1%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 92.4% between them, down from 98.6% — the field split more ways.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 93 votes (0.13%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • 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
71,765
Margin
93
0.13%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+3.2%
INC share
47.8% 46.2%
CPM share
50.8% 46.1%
Turnout