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41. Mankada

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1987

KL-MANKADA

MUL 52.5%won by 12.5%CPM 40.0%

What changed here

Derived

MUL held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.7% to 12.5%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 40.0% — it did not contest here in 1982.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
87,206
Margin
10,922
12.52%

Candidates

6 contested · winner MUL
  1. 1ABDUL MAJEED, K.P.MUL · MUL45,81052.5%
  2. 2P. MOIDUCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM34,88840.0%
  3. 3K. V. VELAYUDHANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,7515.4%
  4. 4P.K.S.A. THANGALIndependent · IND8361.0%
  5. 5AKKARA HAMSAIndependent · IND5990.7%
  6. 6VARIKKATHODY MOHAMMAD KUTTYIndependent · IND3220.4%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
MUL
Winner now
MUL
MUL–CPM swing
−38.3%
MUL share
50.9% → 52.5%
CPM share
0.0% → 40.0%
Turnout
— → —
40. Kuttippuram42. Perinthalmanna
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