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72. Ernakulam

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1996

KL-ERNAKULAM

INC 51.8%won by 11.2%CPM 40.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.4% to 11.2%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 40.7% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • 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
—
not in source
Valid votes
96,265
Margin
10,740
11.16%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GEORGE EDENIndian National Congress · INC49,90851.8%
  2. 2V.B.CHERIYANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM39,16840.7%
  3. 3V.SANTHARAMBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,2116.5%
  4. 4C.P.JOSEPHIndependent · IND3020.3%
  5. 5UNNIKRISHAN NAIRShiv Sena · SHS1940.2%
  6. 6KALOOR JOSEPHIndependent · IND1750.2%
  7. 7MOHANDAS KRISHNA SHENOYIndependent · IND1610.2%
  8. 8A. GILBERTIndependent · IND1460.2%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
−41.0%
INC share
52.2% → 51.8%
CPM share
0.0% → 40.7%
Turnout
— → —
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