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Constituency

21. Perambra

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1987

KL-PERAMBRA

CPM 48.3%won by 2.4%IND 45.8%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.5% to 2.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 45.8% — it polled just 0.7% in 1982.

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
1,01,610
Margin
2,450
2.41%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1A.K. PADMANABHANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM49,03448.3%
  2. 2K.A. DEVASSIAIndependent · IND46,58445.8%
  3. 3GANGADHARA KURUPBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,4774.4%
  4. 4K. GOPALAN KOMATHIndependent · IND8950.9%
  5. 5GEORGE DEVASSIAIndependent · IND2770.3%
  6. 6P.P. RAMAKRISHNANIndependent · IND2310.2%
  7. 7AMMEDKUTTY HAJIIndependent · IND1120.1%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–IND swing
−49.0%
CPM share
52.1% → 48.3%
IND share
0.7% → 45.8%
Turnout
— → —
20. Quilandy22. Balusseri
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