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24. Calicut- I

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1987

KL-CALICUT-I

CPM 46.6%won by 8.0%INC 38.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.8% to 8.0%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 38.5% — it did not contest here in 1982.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.1% between them, down from 92.3% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
96,262
Margin
7,708
8.01%

Candidates

10 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1M. DASANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM44,81046.6%
  2. 2M. KAMALAMIndian National Congress · INC37,10238.5%
  3. 3C. PRABHAKARANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP12,23412.7%
  4. 4K. SAHADEVANIndependent · IND9181.0%
  5. 5A. VISHWANATHANIndependent · IND4920.5%
  6. 6V. K. SADANANDANIndependent · IND1950.2%
  7. 7P.J. THOMASIndependent · IND1530.2%
  8. 8KONNATH SETHUMADHAVAN NAMBIARIndependent · IND1330.1%
  9. 9M. C. SASIDHARANIndependent · IND1230.1%
  10. 10P.S. NAIRIndependent · IND1020.1%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−39.6%
CPM share
47.6% → 46.6%
INC share
0.0% → 38.5%
Turnout
— → —
23. Koduvally25. Calicut- Ii
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