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121. Karunagapally

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1996

KL-KARUNAGAPALLY

CPI 50.8%won by 16.7%JPSS 34.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.0% to 16.7%.

  • New challengerJPSS (JPSS) finished second with 34.1% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.9% between them, down from 97.2% — 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
97,612
Margin
16,350
16.75%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1E. CHANDRASEKHARAN NAIRCommunist Party of India · CPI49,58750.8%
  2. 2SATHJITHJPSS · JPSS33,23734.1%
  3. 3SUVARNAKUMAR,S.Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party · PDP8,3148.5%
  4. 4V.THAMARAKSHANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,1195.2%
  5. 5K.MOHAMMED KUNJUIndependent · IND1,3551.4%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–JPSS swing
−34.9%
CPI share
51.6% → 50.8%
JPSS share
0.0% → 34.1%
Turnout
— → —
120. Kunnathur122. Chavara
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