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Constituency

110. Pandalam

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1996

KL-PANDALAM

CPM 47.6%won by 4.9%JPSS 42.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.4% to 4.9%.

  • New challengerJPSS (JPSS) finished second with 42.7% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.4% between them, down from 96.3% — the field split more ways.

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
1,05,071
Margin
5,160
4.91%

Candidates

8 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1P.K.KUMARANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM50,05647.6%
  2. 2PANDALAM BHARATHANJPSS · JPSS44,89642.7%
  3. 3PRASANNA THANKAPPANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,2796.9%
  4. 4BHAWANI CHELLAPPANIndependent · IND1,0811.0%
  5. 5SURENDRAN PAPPYIndependent · IND6730.6%
  6. 6VIJAYAMMA MADHAVANIndependent · IND5480.5%
  7. 7DAMODARAN AZHAKANIndependent · IND3160.3%
  8. 8JEEVAN BOSE KALASSERYIndependent · IND2220.2%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–JPSS swing
−44.0%
CPM share
48.9% → 47.6%
JPSS share
0.0% → 42.7%
Turnout
— → —
109. Mavelikara111. Ranni
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