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133. Kazhakuttam

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1996

KL-KAZHAKUTTAM

CPM 53.9%won by 23.0%IND 30.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: CPMK (CPMK) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 23.0%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 47.7% to 53.9% of the vote here (+6.1%).
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 30.9% — it polled just 0.9% in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.8% between them, down from 96.1% — 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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Valid votes
1,04,740
Margin
24,057
22.97%

Candidates

13 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1K.SURENDRANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM56,42553.9%
  2. 2E.A.RASHEEDIndependent · IND32,36830.9%
  3. 3PADMAKUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP9,2308.8%
  4. 4K. SHAHUL HAMEEDJammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party · PDP4,4794.3%
  5. 5K.R.GILBERTIndependent · IND4410.4%
  6. 6NANTHANKODE SEBASTIANIndependent · IND3170.3%
  7. 7A.TAHAIndependent · IND2960.3%
  8. 8D.SUDARSANANIndependent · IND2850.3%
  9. 9M.SIDHIKE HASSANIndependent · IND2770.3%
  10. 10CHERUVIKKAL ARJUNANIndependent · IND2010.2%
  11. 11MANOHARIndependent · IND1770.2%
  12. 12ABDUL VAHAB PAKKRR KUTTYIndependent · IND1230.1%
  13. 13UDAYANIndependent · IND1210.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPMK
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–IND swing
−23.9%
CPM share
47.7% → 53.9%
IND share
0.9% → 30.9%
Turnout
— → —
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