Constituency
90. Kottayam
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1996
KL-KOTTAYAM
CPM 50.8%won by 6.8%INC 44.0%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.4% to 6.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,03,613
Margin
7,064
6.82%
Candidates
10 contested · winner CPM- 1T.K.RAMAKRISHNANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM52,60950.8%
- 2MOHAN SANKARIndian National Congress · INC45,54544.0%
- 3TG BALAKRISHNAN GOPALAKRISHNAN PANICKERBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,7472.7%
- 4ROY PADINJAREKARAIndependent · IND1,4341.4%
- 5SUNNY K.JOHNIndependent · IND4230.4%
- 6RAJ MOHAN SABHARAJIndependent · IND2310.2%
- 7R.HARISHShiv Sena · SHS2260.2%
- 8ALEX GEORGEIndependent · IND2220.2%
- 9JAMES JOSEPH KANNANPADOMIndependent · IND960.1%
- 10SUSAMMA MATHEWIndependent · IND800.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- +4.4%
- CPM share
- 49.4% → 50.8%
- INC share
- 47.0% → 44.0%
- Turnout
- — → —