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49. Palghat

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1987

KL-PALGHAT

IND 44.3%won by 6.9%CPM 37.4%

What changed here

Derived

Independent held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.9% to 6.9%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 37.4% — 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
87,434
Margin
6,065
6.94%

Candidates

11 contested · winner IND
  1. 1C. M. SUNDARAMIndependent · IND38,77444.3%
  2. 2GIRIJA SURENDRANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM32,70937.4%
  3. 3V.S. MUTHUSWAMYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP12,48914.3%
  4. 4V. KRISHNADASIndependent · IND2,5302.9%
  5. 5P. RAMAKRISHNAN NAIRIndependent · IND3040.3%
  6. 6C. VELAYUDHANIndependent · IND2330.3%
  7. 7P.K. T. KUTTANIndependent · IND1710.2%
  8. 8P.P. MENONIndependent · IND760.1%
  9. 9S. RAVEENDRAN PILLAIIndependent · IND710.1%
  10. 10K. ANPUNATHANIndependent · IND400.0%
  11. 11P.M. ABDUL RAHIMANIndependent · IND370.0%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
IND
IND–CPM swing
−37.5%
IND share
44.5% → 44.3%
CPM share
0.0% → 37.4%
Turnout
— → —
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