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130. Vamanapuram

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1996

KL-VAMANAPURAM

CPM 48.0%won by 6.3%JPSS 41.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.3% to 6.3%.

  • New challengerJPSS (JPSS) finished second with 41.7% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.7% between them, down from 97.0% — 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
1,00,944
Margin
6,386
6.33%

Candidates

8 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1PIRAPPANCODE MURALICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM48,49148.0%
  2. 2C.K.SITARAMJPSS · JPSS42,10541.7%
  3. 3A.ANSARIJammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party · PDP5,7585.7%
  4. 4CHANDRIKA G.KURUPIndependent · IND2,8452.8%
  5. 5MAHESH GANGADHARANShiv Sena · SHS5270.5%
  6. 6KARETTE RAJENDRANIndependent · IND4610.5%
  7. 7VAKKOM ABDUL VAHEEDIndependent · IND4550.5%
  8. 8S.RAVEENDRANIndependent · IND3020.3%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–JPSS swing
−42.8%
CPM share
49.2% → 48.0%
JPSS share
0.0% → 41.7%
Turnout
— → —
129. Kilimanoor131. Ariyanad
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