Election
Constituency

126. Chathanoor

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1996

KL-CHATHANOOR

CPI 46.8%won by 2.0%INC 44.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 2.0%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.7% between them, down from 96.9% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,04,778
Margin
2,115
2.02%

Candidates

9 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1P.RAVEENDRANCommunist Party of India · CPI49,08346.8%
  2. 2C.V.PADMARAJANIndian National Congress · INC46,96844.8%
  3. 3RAJENDRANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,6333.5%
  4. 4KOTTIYAM GOPALANJammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party · PDP2,4472.3%
  5. 5SHEL KUMAR,G.Independent · IND9820.9%
  6. 6K.P. PANKAJAKSHANIndependent · IND8880.8%
  7. 7BIJU JACOBIndependent · IND2950.3%
  8. 8MADHUSOODANAN PILLAIIndependent · IND2560.2%
  9. 9N. GANAPATHI PILLAIIndependent · IND2260.2%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPI–INC swing
+6.3%
CPI share
46.3% → 46.8%
INC share
50.6% → 44.8%
Turnout
— → —
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