Constituency
81. Kothamangalam
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 2001
KL-KOTHAMANGALAM
INC 52.0%won by 11.1%KEC 40.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.9% to 11.1%.
- New challengerKerala Congress (KEC) finished second with 40.9% — 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,12,359
Margin
12,423
11.06%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1V J POULOSEIndian National Congress · INC58,38952.0%
- 2PROF. BABY M VARGHESEKerala Congress · KEC45,96640.9%
- 3M N GANGADHARANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,0415.4%
- 4POULOSE JOSEPHIndependent · IND1,1901.1%
- 5BABY VARGHESEIndependent · IND7730.7%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–KEC swing
- −37.2%
- INC share
- 48.3% → 52.0%
- KEC share
- 0.0% → 40.9%
- Turnout
- — → —