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Constituency

65. Guruvayoor

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1982

KL-GURUVAYOOR

MUL 51.4%won by 17.1%IND 34.2%

What changed here

Derived

MUL held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.0% to 17.1%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 34.2% — it polled just 0.5% in 1980.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.6% between them, down from 99.0% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
60,573
Margin
10,363
17.11%

Candidates

6 contested · winner MUL
  1. 1P. K. K. BAVAMUL · MUL31,10651.4%
  2. 2V. K. GOPINATHANIndependent · IND20,74334.2%
  3. 3P.K. APPUKUTTANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,95913.1%
  4. 4A. G. ABRAHAMIndependent · IND4310.7%
  5. 5FRANCIS KOMBANIndependent · IND2200.4%
  6. 6M. V. HYDROSE HAJIIndependent · IND1140.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
MUL
Winner now
MUL
MUL–IND swing
−33.3%
MUL share
51.0% → 51.4%
IND share
0.5% → 34.2%
Turnout
— → —
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