Election
Constituency

127. Varkala

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1996

KL-VARKALA

CPM 55.2%won by 34.6%INC 20.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.9% to 34.6%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.8% between them, down from 97.1% — the field split more ways.
  • Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
76,247
Margin
26,389
34.61%

Candidates

10 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1A.ALI HASSANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM42,09355.2%
  2. 2G.PRIYADARSANANIndian National Congress · INC15,70420.6%
  3. 3K. SUDARSANANIndependent · IND15,27920.0%
  4. 4VARKALA SAJEEVBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,0842.7%
  5. 5VARKALA RAJJammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party · PDP4270.6%
  6. 6THETTIKULAM SATHYADASIndependent · IND2590.3%
  7. 7B.KARUNAKARA KURUPShiv Sena · SHS1870.2%
  8. 8K.RADHAKRISHNANIndependent · IND910.1%
  9. 9R.S.KABEERIndependent · IND890.1%
  10. 10PRAKASH RAMANIndependent · IND340.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+30.7%
CPM share
50.5% → 55.2%
INC share
46.6% → 20.6%
Turnout
— → —
126. Chathanoor128. Attingal
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