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Constituency

83. Devicolam

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1987

KL-DEVICOLAM

CPM 49.9%won by 4.4%IND 45.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.2% to 4.4%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 45.5% — it polled just 1.7% 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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Valid votes
88,011
Margin
3,905
4.44%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1SUNDARAM MANICKAMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM43,94549.9%
  2. 2GANAPATHYIndependent · IND40,04045.5%
  3. 3KITAPPA NARAYANA SWAMYIndependent · IND2,2942.6%
  4. 4MADHAVAN PERUMBILLYIndependent · IND6240.7%
  5. 5M. SLEVANIndependent · IND5950.7%
  6. 6G. RAMASWAMYIndependent · IND4230.5%
  7. 7SELVARAJIndependent · IND900.1%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–IND swing
−42.8%
CPM share
49.0% → 49.9%
IND share
1.7% → 45.5%
Turnout
— → —
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