Constituency
81. Kothamangalam
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1982
KL-KOTHAMANGALAM
KCJ 51.5%won by 5.3%CPM 46.2%
What changed here
DerivedKCJ held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.2% to 5.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 46.2% — it did not contest here in 1980.
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
76,757
Margin
4,062
5.29%
Candidates
7 contested · winner KCJ- 1T. M. JACOBKCJ · KCJ39,52951.5%
- 2T. M. MEETHAIANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM35,46746.2%
- 3P. A. RAMAKRISHNANIndependent · IND5230.7%
- 4POULOSE THANKACHANIndependent · IND4610.6%
- 5NARAYANAN ETTAIndependent · IND3620.5%
- 6C. A. SYDU CHIRAKANDOMIndependent · IND2660.3%
- 7THANKAPPAN KUNJANIndependent · IND1490.2%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- KCJ
- Winner now
- KCJ
- KCJ–CPM swing
- −49.4%
- KCJ share
- 54.7% → 51.5%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 46.2%
- Turnout
- — → —