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137. Nemom

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1987

KL-NEMOM

CPM 50.1%won by 21.8%IND 28.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 21.8%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 45.9% to 50.1% of the vote here (+4.2%).
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 28.3% — it polled just 0.4% in 1982.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.4% between them, down from 96.5% — the field split more ways.

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
95,298
Margin
20,755
21.78%

Candidates

13 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1V. J. THANKAPPANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM47,74850.1%
  2. 2V. S. MAHESWARAN PILLAIIndependent · IND26,99328.3%
  3. 3P. ASOK KUMARIndependent · IND17,95818.8%
  4. 4RADHAIndependent · IND5550.6%
  5. 5SIVANKUTTY KRISHNA PILLAIIndependent · IND4730.5%
  6. 6GNANADASIndependent · IND4670.5%
  7. 7KAMALALAYAM SUKUIndependent · IND2620.3%
  8. 8B. KRISHNAN (MANGALATHUKONAM KRISHNAN)Independent · IND1990.2%
  9. 9SOMAN NAIR (VILAVOORKKAL SOMAN NAIR)Independent · IND1630.2%
  10. 10B. SANTHOSH KUMARIndependent · IND1480.2%
  11. 11K. ACHUTHANIndependent · IND1330.1%
  12. 12K. KRISHNANIndependent · IND1040.1%
  13. 13P. RAMASWAMYIndependent · IND950.1%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–IND swing
−23.7%
CPM share
45.9% → 50.1%
IND share
0.4% → 28.3%
Turnout
— → —
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