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30. Sultan

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1996

KL-SULTAN

CPM 44.4%won by 1.1%INC 43.3%

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 1.1%.

  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
1,13,263
Margin
1,296
1.14%

Candidates

13 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1VARGHESE VAIDYARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM50,31644.4%
  2. 2KC ROSAKUTTYIndian National Congress · INC49,02043.3%
  3. 3P.C.GOPINATHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP8,4957.5%
  4. 4DAMODARANIndependent · IND1,7011.5%
  5. 5P.T.JOHNIndependent · IND1,2651.1%
  6. 6VISWANATHAN THAMPIIndependent · IND1,0801.0%
  7. 7SUMA BABY VAZHAYILIndependent · IND3880.3%
  8. 8V.M.JOSEPHIndependent · IND2280.2%
  9. 9POOTHADY MOHANANIndependent · IND2230.2%
  10. 10ASSAIN MAVADYIndependent · IND1580.1%
  11. 11V.N.SASEENDRANIndependent · IND1440.1%
  12. 12P.K. RAMANIndependent · IND1380.1%
  13. 13POKKATHAYIL KURIACHANIndependent · IND1070.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–INC swing
+3.4%
CPM share
45.2% → 44.4%
INC share
47.5% → 43.3%
Turnout
— → —
29. Kalpetta31. Wandoor
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