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127. Varkala

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1987

KL-VARKALA

CPM 53.7%won by 19.2%IND 34.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.3% to 19.2%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.2% between them, down from 96.9% — the field split more ways.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
75,134
Margin
14,460
19.25%

Candidates

15 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1VARKALA RADHAKRISHNANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM40,38153.7%
  2. 2N. SREENIVASANIndependent · IND25,92134.5%
  3. 3GOPINATH KUNJAN PILLAYIndependent · IND6,2448.3%
  4. 4SUMANASANIndependent · IND6720.9%
  5. 5P. S. THANKAPPANIndependent · IND3330.4%
  6. 6M. SHARAFUDEENIndependent · IND2520.3%
  7. 7K. NAZARUDEENIndependent · IND2480.3%
  8. 8CHERUNNIYOOR D. RADHAKRISHNANIndependent · IND2400.3%
  9. 9K. V. VASUDEVANIndependent · IND1550.2%
  10. 10VIVEKANANDANIndependent · IND1420.2%
  11. 11G. P. SREEDHARANIndependent · IND1290.2%
  12. 12KUNJUKRISHNAN ASARIIndependent · IND1270.2%
  13. 13VARKALA BALANIndependent · IND1060.1%
  14. 14RAJASEKHARAN NAYARIndependent · IND970.1%
  15. 15S. YOOSUFIndependent · IND870.1%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–IND swing
+15.9%
CPM share
50.1% → 53.7%
IND share
46.8% → 34.5%
Turnout
— → —
126. Chathanoor128. Attingal
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