Constituency
50. Chittur
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1982
KL-CHITTUR
JNP 52.6%won by 7.9%INC 44.7%
What changed here
DerivedJanata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.5% to 7.9%.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 44.7% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.2% of the vote between them, up from 76.7% — a tighter two-way 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
71,398
Margin
5,643
7.90%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JNP- 1K. KRISHNANKUTTYJanata Party · JNP37,52752.6%
- 2MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRANIndian National Congress · INC31,88444.7%
- 3K. N. MUHAMMED IBRAHIMIndependent · IND1,0151.4%
- 4K. GOPALAN KUTTYIndependent · IND9721.4%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- JNP
- JNP–INC swing
- −30.7%
- JNP share
- 38.6% → 52.6%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 44.7%
- Turnout
- — → —