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Constituency

57. Cherpu

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1996

KL-CHERPU

CPI 49.1%won by 5.1%INC 43.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.4% to 5.1%.

  • 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
1,00,872
Margin
5,192
5.15%

Candidates

11 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1K.P.RAJENDRANCommunist Party of India · CPI49,50649.1%
  2. 2M.K.ABDUL SALAMIndian National Congress · INC44,31443.9%
  3. 3SUJA NANDAKUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,0645.0%
  4. 4K.K.SAIDUIndependent · IND6570.7%
  5. 5P. GOPALAKRISHNANIndependent · IND3290.3%
  6. 6RAJAN KADAVATHIndependent · IND2570.3%
  7. 7KANICHIL SIVANIndependent · IND2450.2%
  8. 8P.A.KUTTAPPANIndependent · IND1780.2%
  9. 9R.K.THAYYILJanahitha Paksha · JP1340.1%
  10. 10M.S. CHANDRAPRAKASHIndependent · IND1270.1%
  11. 11K.C.DASANIndependent · IND610.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–INC swing
+0.8%
CPI share
50.0% → 49.1%
INC share
45.6% → 43.9%
Turnout
— → —
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