Constituency
117. Kottarakara
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1982
KL-KOTTARAKARA
KEC 55.5%won by 12.0%CPI 43.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: KCP (KCP) lost it to Kerala Congress (KEC), which now leads by 12.0%.
- KEC vote shareKEC went from 0.0% to 55.5% of the vote here (+55.5%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 43.4% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.9% of the vote between them, up from 92.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
67,615
Margin
8,144
12.04%
Candidates
4 contested · winner KEC- 1R. BALAKRISHNA PILLAIKerala Congress · KEC37,51555.5%
- 2E. CHANDRASEKHARAN NAIRCommunist Party of India · CPI29,37143.4%
- 3THOMAS K. PANICKERIndependent · IND3930.6%
- 4SARAMMA BABYIndependent · IND3360.5%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- KCP
- Winner now
- KECflipped
- KEC–CPI swing
- +12.0%
- KEC share
- 0.0% → 55.5%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 43.4%
- Turnout
- — → —