Constituency
87. Kanjirappally
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1987
KL-KANJIRAPPALLY
CPM 40.4%won by 5.4%IND 35.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Kerala Congress (KEC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 5.4%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.5% between them, down from 92.6% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
91,011
Margin
4,883
5.37%
Candidates
12 contested · winner CPM- 1K. J. THOMASCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM36,77740.4%
- 2GEORGE J. MATHEWIndependent · IND31,89435.0%
- 3THOMAS KALLAMPALLYKerala Congress · KEC19,26821.2%
- 4K. P. THOMASIndependent · IND1,4881.6%
- 5JACOB CHACKOIndependent · IND7110.8%
- 6PETER AKKALLUIndependent · IND3330.4%
- 7JOSEPH MATHEWIndependent · IND2390.3%
- 8K. J. YOHANNANIndependent · IND1040.1%
- 9SWAMY PEETHEMBARACHARAYAIndependent · IND830.1%
- 10P. G. UNNI ACHARIIndependent · IND440.0%
- 11E. T. KURIANIndependent · IND380.0%
- 12MUHAMMED SALIMIndependent · IND320.0%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- KEC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–IND swing
- −32.0%
- CPM share
- 40.1% → 40.4%
- IND share
- 2.8% → 35.0%
- Turnout
- — → —