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39. Ponnani

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1996

KL-PONNANI

CPM 48.1%won by 8.4%INC 39.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.1% to 8.4%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.8% between them, down from 94.0% — the field split more ways.
  • 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
1,03,193
Margin
8,618
8.35%

Candidates

8 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1MUHAMMEDKUTTY PALOLICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM49,59448.1%
  2. 2P.T.MOHANAKRISHNANIndian National Congress · INC40,97639.7%
  3. 3GOPALAN DEEPAKMANDIRBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,6876.5%
  4. 4K.ASHRAFJammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party · PDP4,8034.7%
  5. 5KUNHIMON, T.Independent · IND4600.4%
  6. 6ZAKHIR ALI, T.Independent · IND2640.3%
  7. 7ABDUL AZEEZ, P.Independent · IND2580.3%
  8. 8P.M.VASUIndependent · IND1510.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+3.2%
CPM share
49.6% → 48.1%
INC share
44.4% → 39.7%
Turnout
— → —
38. Tirur40. Kuttippuram
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