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56. Kunnamkulam

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1996

KL-KUNNAMKULAM

CPM 46.2%won by 0.8%INC 45.4%

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 0.8%.

  • Knife-edgeDecided by 884 votes (0.83%) — 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
1,06,661
Margin
884
0.83%

Candidates

15 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1N.R.BALANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM49,28946.2%
  2. 2T.V. CHANDRAMOHANIndian National Congress · INC48,40545.4%
  3. 3A.V. KARAPPAKUTTYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,7035.3%
  4. 4VARUIndependent · IND8370.8%
  5. 5C.A.AJITHANIndependent · IND4290.4%
  6. 6P.T.VARGHESEIndependent · IND3840.4%
  7. 7VIJAYAN KURIYAKKOTIndependent · IND3340.3%
  8. 8THAMPI VARGHESEIndependent · IND2540.2%
  9. 9M.N.CHANDRA SEKHARANJanahitha Paksha · JP2320.2%
  10. 10K. CHAKKUNNYIndependent · IND2100.2%
  11. 11K.I.VARATHAPPANIndependent · IND1810.2%
  12. 12PRINCE KUNNAMKULAMIndependent · IND1340.1%
  13. 13GEEVAR,V.V.Independent · IND1170.1%
  14. 14JOSE,J. KUTTIKKATTIndependent · IND880.1%
  15. 15JOSE PEREPPADENIndependent · IND640.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–INC swing
+3.4%
CPM share
46.1% → 46.2%
INC share
48.7% → 45.4%
Turnout
— → —
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