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Constituency

53. Alathur

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1987

KL-ALATHUR

CPM 49.8%won by 1.4%IND 48.4%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.1% to 1.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.

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
89,176
Margin
1,211
1.36%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1C. K. RAJENDRANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM44,38149.8%
  2. 2C.S. RAMACHANDRAN MASTERIndependent · IND43,17048.4%
  3. 3P.P. MENONIndependent · IND5000.6%
  4. 4M. C. SASIDHARANIndependent · IND4670.5%
  5. 5K. SANKARAN KAVASSERYIndependent · IND4640.5%
  6. 6P.M. MOHAMMED NAZEERIndependent · IND1940.2%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–IND swing
−14.8%
CPM share
57.0% → 49.8%
IND share
40.8% → 48.4%
Turnout
— → —
52. Coyalmannam54. Chelakara
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