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Constituency

57. Cherpu

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1987

KL-CHERPU

CPI 50.0%won by 7.2%IND 42.8%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.7% to 7.2%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 42.8% — it polled just 0.6% in 1982.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 92.8% between them, down from 98.9% — the field split more ways.

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
87,036
Margin
6,287
7.22%

Candidates

11 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1V. V. RAGHAVANCommunist Party of India · CPI43,54750.0%
  2. 2K.M. RADHAKRISHNANIndependent · IND37,26042.8%
  3. 3P. CHANDRASEKHARANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,6335.3%
  4. 4SAMZACHARIASIndependent · IND4550.5%
  5. 5CHANDRAN C. N.Independent · IND2440.3%
  6. 6ABDULLA KARAYILIndependent · IND2410.3%
  7. 7GOPALAN CHAZHUPURAKKALIndependent · IND2040.2%
  8. 8SIDDAJI SADHARTHANIndependent · IND1740.2%
  9. 9WILSON KADAMPATTUPARABILIndependent · IND1190.1%
  10. 10VISWAMBHARAN N.K.Independent · IND880.1%
  11. 11M.S. CHANDRAPRAKASAMIndependent · IND710.1%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–IND swing
−44.6%
CPI share
52.3% → 50.0%
IND share
0.6% → 42.8%
Turnout
— → —
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