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49. Palghat

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1996

KL-PALGHAT

CPM 43.2%won by 0.7%INC 42.5%

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 0.7%.

  • Knife-edgeDecided by 596 votes (0.66%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • 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
90,735
Margin
596
0.66%

Candidates

9 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1T.K.NOUSHADCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM39,19843.2%
  2. 2C.M.SUNDARAMIndian National Congress · INC38,60242.5%
  3. 3S.R.BALASUBRAMANIANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,44612.6%
  4. 4C.G.MANIJammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party · PDP4000.4%
  5. 5SANKARAN KAVASSERYIndependent · IND3320.4%
  6. 6M.SIVANARAYANANJanahitha Paksha · JP2960.3%
  7. 7P.P.MENONIndependent · IND2290.3%
  8. 8G.P. GANAPATHI THARAKANIndependent · IND1570.2%
  9. 9PV CHIDAMBARESWARANIndependent · IND750.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–INC swing
+4.5%
CPM share
41.3% → 43.2%
INC share
45.1% → 42.5%
Turnout
— → —
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