Election
Constituency

42. Perinthalmanna

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1987

KL-PERINTHALMANNA

MUL 52.9%won by 9.0%CPM 43.9%

What changed here

Derived

MUL held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.3% to 9.0%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 43.9% — it did not contest here 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
90,768
Margin
8,194
9.03%

Candidates

6 contested · winner MUL
  1. 1NALAKATH SOOPPYMUL · MUL48,02752.9%
  2. 2R. N. MANZHICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM39,83343.9%
  3. 3P.G. PANICKERBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,0752.3%
  4. 4MOHAMMED FAROOQ MOULAVIIndependent · IND6060.7%
  5. 5POTTEKAT RADHAKRISHNA MENONIndependent · IND1520.2%
  6. 6JACOB C. KALLUMPURATHIndependent · IND750.1%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
MUL
Winner now
MUL
MUL–CPM swing
−42.6%
MUL share
51.6% → 52.9%
CPM share
0.0% → 43.9%
Turnout
— → —
41. Mankada43. Thrithala
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