Constituency
97. Aroor
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1982
KL-AROOR
CPM 52.6%won by 7.5%KCJ 45.1%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.0% to 7.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerKCJ (KCJ) finished second with 45.1% — 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
79,296
Margin
5,941
7.49%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1K. R. GOURICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM41,69452.6%
- 2T. T. MATHEWKCJ · KCJ35,75345.1%
- 3NADARAJAN VAIDYANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,8492.3%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–KCJ swing
- −49.8%
- CPM share
- 57.3% → 52.6%
- KCJ share
- 0.0% → 45.1%
- Turnout
- — → —