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Constituency

57. Cherpu

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1982

KL-CHERPU

CPI 52.3%won by 5.7%INC 46.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.2% to 5.7%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 46.6% — it did not contest here in 1980.

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

Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
64,131
Margin
3,670
5.72%

Candidates

4 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1R. P. PRABHAKARANCommunist Party of India · CPI33,56152.3%
  2. 2P. P. GEORGEIndian National Congress · INC29,89146.6%
  3. 3M. M. KOMUIndependent · IND3560.6%
  4. 4M. S. CHANDRAPRAKASHIndependent · IND3230.5%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–INC swing
−48.8%
CPI share
54.5% → 52.3%
INC share
0.0% → 46.6%
Turnout
— → —
56. Kunnamkulam58. Trichur
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