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Constituency

19. Meppayur

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1996

KL-MEPPAYUR

CPM 53.9%won by 13.5%MUL 40.4%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.1% to 13.5%.

  • New challengerMUL (MUL) finished second with 40.4% — it did not contest here in 1991.

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
1,22,236
Margin
16,544
13.53%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1A.KANARANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM65,93253.9%
  2. 2PV MUHAMED AREEKODEMUL · MUL49,38840.4%
  3. 3M.MOHANANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,8324.8%
  4. 4P.K.RADHAKRISHNANIndependent · IND4240.3%
  5. 5C.P.GOPALANSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP3990.3%
  6. 6K.T.SASI MANIYOORIndependent · IND2610.2%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–MUL swing
−37.1%
CPM share
50.6% → 53.9%
MUL share
0.0% → 40.4%
Turnout
— → —
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