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7. Payyannur

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1987

KL-PAYYANNUR

CPM 50.3%won by 7.8%INC 42.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.8% to 7.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,00,158
Margin
7,840
7.83%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1C. P. NARAYANANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM50,42150.3%
  2. 2M. K. RAGHAVANIndian National Congress · INC42,58142.5%
  3. 3P. P. KARUNAKARAN MASTERBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,6874.7%
  4. 4P. BALAN MASTERIndependent · IND1,8171.8%
  5. 5NARAYANAN PALERIIndependent · IND3670.4%
  6. 6T. V. KUMARANIndependent · IND1660.2%
  7. 7M. KRISHNANIndependent · IND1190.1%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−13.0%
CPM share
57.7% → 50.3%
INC share
36.9% → 42.5%
Turnout
— → —
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