Constituency
108. Chengannur
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1996
KL-CHENGANNUR
INC 43.8%won by 3.6%ICS 40.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 4.0% to 3.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerICS (ICS) finished second with 40.2% — it did not contest here in 1991.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.0% between them, down from 89.9% — the field split more ways.
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
84,997
Margin
3,102
3.65%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1SOBHANA GEORGEIndian National Congress · INC37,24243.8%
- 2MAMMEN IYPEICS · ICS34,14040.2%
- 3RAJAN MOOLAVEETTILBharatiya Janata Party · BJP10,97612.9%
- 4P.P.MATHEWIndependent · IND1,5511.8%
- 5SHAJAHANIndependent · IND5090.6%
- 6P.P.CHANDRADASIndependent · IND2380.3%
- 7P.N.NEDUVELIIndependent · IND2160.3%
- 8SOMAN G.VENPUZHASSERYIndependent · IND650.1%
- 9JOSEPH KADAVILIndependent · IND600.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–ICS swing
- −43.3%
- INC share
- 46.9% → 43.8%
- ICS share
- 0.0% → 40.2%
- Turnout
- — → —