Constituency
104. Kayamkulam
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1987
KL-KAYAMKULAM
CPM 51.4%won by 9.0%INC 42.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 9.0%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 51.4% of the vote here (+51.4%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 42.5% — it did not contest here in 1982.
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
85,522
Margin
7,680
8.98%
Candidates
8 contested · winner CPM- 1M. R. GOPALAKRISHNANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM43,98651.4%
- 2K. GOPINATHANIndian National Congress · INC36,30642.5%
- 3M. SALIMBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,4642.9%
- 4K. THANKAPPANIndependent · IND1,6932.0%
- 5MUTHUKULAM SASIKUMARIndependent · IND5410.6%
- 6G. RADHAKRISHNAN NAIRIndependent · IND2580.3%
- 7K. S. THANGAL KUNJUIndependent · IND1390.2%
- 8T. S. RAMACHANDRANIndependent · IND1350.2%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +9.0%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 51.4%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 42.5%
- Turnout
- — → —