Constituency
96. Vaikom
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1982
KL-VAIKOM
CPI 49.5%won by 0.9%KEC 48.7%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.1% to 0.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerKerala Congress (KEC) finished second with 48.7% — 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
73,861
Margin
631
0.85%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPI- 1M. K. KESAVANCommunist Party of India · CPI36,58249.5%
- 2M. MURALIKerala Congress · KEC35,95148.7%
- 3KUNJUKOCHU KOCHOLAIndependent · IND5290.7%
- 4V. K. VIMALANIndependent · IND4590.6%
- 5P. KUTTANIndependent · IND1830.2%
- 6V. C. THANKAPPANIndependent · IND1570.2%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–KEC swing
- −57.9%
- CPI share
- 58.8% → 49.5%
- KEC share
- 0.0% → 48.7%
- Turnout
- — → —