Election
Constituency

72. Ernakulam

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Kerala Assembly Election, 2006

KL-ERNAKULAM

INC 49.7%won by 6.7%CPIM 43.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.6% to 6.7%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) finished second with 43.0% — it did not contest here in 2001.
  • 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
86,785
Margin
5,800
6.68%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PROF. K V THOMASIndian National Congress · INC43,14849.7%
  2. 2M M LOWRANACECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPIM37,34843.0%
  3. 3NEDUMBASSERI RAVIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,9025.6%
  4. 4PANJIMALA BALAKRISHNANIndependent · IND7670.9%
  5. 5P S KARUNAKARANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6200.7%

Since 2001

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPIM swing
−43.5%
INC share
50.2% → 49.7%
CPIM share
0.0% → 43.0%
Turnout
— → —
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