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Constituency

57. Cherpu

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1991

KL-CHERPU

CPI 50.0%won by 4.4%INC 45.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.2% to 4.4%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 45.6% — it did not contest here in 1987.

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
1,01,488
Margin
4,458
4.39%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1V.V. RAGHAVANCommunist Party of India · CPI50,76750.0%
  2. 2M.K. ABDUL SALAMIndian National Congress · INC46,30945.6%
  3. 3K.K. UNNIKRISHNANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,0124.0%
  4. 4BHARATHAN THAMPURANIndependent · IND2380.2%
  5. 5M.S. CHANDRAPRAKASHIndependent · IND1620.2%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–INC swing
−45.6%
CPI share
50.0% → 50.0%
INC share
0.0% → 45.6%
Turnout
— → —
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