Election
Constituency

137. Nemom

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1991

KL-NEMOM

CPM 44.1%won by 6.4%CPMK 37.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.8% to 6.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerCPMK (CPMK) finished second with 37.7% — 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
1,06,674
Margin
6,862
6.43%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1V.J. THANKAPPANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM47,06344.1%
  2. 2STANLY SATHYANESANCPMK · CPMK40,20137.7%
  3. 3P. ASOK KUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP17,07216.0%
  4. 4PONNUMANGALAM K. ACHUTHANIndependent · IND1,5161.4%
  5. 5P. ASOK KUMAR PADMANABHANIndependent · IND3640.3%
  6. 6SUDARSANANIndependent · IND2650.2%
  7. 7A.M. BADISHAIndependent · IND1930.2%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–CPMK swing
−43.7%
CPM share
50.1% → 44.1%
CPMK share
0.0% → 37.7%
Turnout
— → —
136. Trivandrum East138. Kovalam
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