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30. Sultan

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1991

KL-SULTAN

INC 47.5%won by 2.2%CPM 45.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.2% to 2.2%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 45.2% — it did not contest here in 1987.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.7% of the vote between them, up from 75.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
1,11,772
Margin
2,506
2.24%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1K.C. ROSAKUTTYIndian National Congress · INC53,05047.5%
  2. 2VARGHESE VAIDYARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM50,54445.2%
  3. 3P.K. MADHAVANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,2736.5%
  4. 4ASSAIN MAVADYIndependent · IND3900.3%
  5. 5K. BHAGEERATHANIndependent · IND2070.2%
  6. 6MUHAMMAD POCKERIndependent · IND1690.2%
  7. 7FOREIGN CHACKOIndependent · IND1390.1%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
−37.6%
INC share
39.9% → 47.5%
CPM share
0.0% → 45.2%
Turnout
— → —
29. Kalpetta31. Wandoor
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