Election
Constituency

69. Vadakkekara

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1996

KL-VADAKKEKARA

CPM 47.1%won by 0.3%INC 46.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 0.7% to 0.3%.

  • Knife-edgeDecided by 369 votes (0.35%) — among the closest results anywhere.

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
1,06,682
Margin
369
0.35%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1S.SARMACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM50,20047.1%
  2. 2V.P.MARAKKARIndian National Congress · INC49,83146.7%
  3. 3M.A.MOHANANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,1354.8%
  4. 4O. KRISHNANKUTTYIndependent · IND7600.7%
  5. 5M.R.SATHYADEVANIndependent · IND5300.5%
  6. 6JOSE VAPPALASSERYIndependent · IND2260.2%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−0.4%
CPM share
48.5% → 47.1%
INC share
47.8% → 46.7%
Turnout
— → —
68. Ankamali70. Parur
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