Constituency
122. Chavara
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1982
KL-CHAVARA
RSP 49.7%won by 0.9%INC 48.9%
What changed here
DerivedRashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.0% to 0.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 48.9% — 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
72,197
Margin
621
0.86%
Candidates
5 contested · winner RSP- 1BABY JOHNRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP35,90749.7%
- 2K. SURESH BABUIndian National Congress · INC35,28648.9%
- 3A. ANTONYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7321.0%
- 4SHAJAHANIndependent · IND2240.3%
- 5SAIFUDEEN KICHILUIndependent · IND480.1%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- RSP
- Winner now
- RSP
- RSP–INC swing
- −59.1%
- RSP share
- 60.0% → 49.7%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 48.9%
- Turnout
- — → —