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Constituency

29. Kalpetta

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Kerala Assembly Election, 2001

KL-KALPETTA

INC 53.0%won by 15.8%JDS 37.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.9% to 15.8%.

  • New challengerJanata Dal (Secular) (JDS) finished second with 37.2% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • 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
1,10,191
Margin
17,440
15.83%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1K.K.RAMACHANDRAN MASTERIndian National Congress · INC58,38053.0%
  2. 2K.K.HAMZAJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS40,94037.2%
  3. 3SADANANDANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,7905.3%
  4. 4BIJUIndependent · IND2,5222.3%
  5. 5A.N.SALIM KUMARIndependent · IND1,0060.9%
  6. 6HAMZAIndependent · IND8260.7%
  7. 7RAMACHANDRANIndependent · IND7270.7%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JDS swing
−33.7%
INC share
49.5% → 53.0%
JDS share
0.0% → 37.2%
Turnout
— → —
28. Thiruvambadi30. Sultan
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