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Constituency

93. Poonjar

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1982

KL-POONJAR

KCJ 58.4%won by 17.3%JNP 41.1%

What changed here

Derived

KCJ held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.9% to 17.3%.

  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 41.1% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.4% of the vote between them, up from 85.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
57,977
Margin
10,030
17.30%

Candidates

3 contested · winner KCJ
  1. 1P. C. GEORGEKCJ · KCJ33,84458.4%
  2. 2N. M. JOSEPHJanata Party · JNP23,81441.1%
  3. 3MATHUKUTTYIndependent · IND3190.6%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
KCJ
Winner now
KCJ
KCJJNP swing
−26.4%
KCJ share
43.7% 58.4%
JNP share
0.0% 41.1%
Turnout