Constituency
117. Kottarakara
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1987
KL-KOTTARAKARA
KEC 43.1%won by 2.5%CPI 40.7%
What changed here
DerivedKerala Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.0% to 2.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.8% 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
85,363
Margin
2,097
2.46%
Candidates
7 contested · winner KEC- 1P. BALAKRISHNA PILLAIKerala Congress · KEC36,81343.1%
- 2E. RAJENDRANCommunist Party of India · CPI34,71640.7%
- 3C. K. GEORGEIndependent · IND11,32813.3%
- 4K. VASUDEVANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,9792.3%
- 5THANKAPPAN, T.Independent · IND2530.3%
- 6T. CHELLAPPAN ACHARYIndependent · IND1810.2%
- 7SUNNY KUTTY DANIELIndependent · IND930.1%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- KEC
- Winner now
- KEC
- KEC–CPI swing
- −9.6%
- KEC share
- 55.5% → 43.1%
- CPI share
- 43.4% → 40.7%
- Turnout
- — → —