Constituency
97. Kottayam
Community mirrorKerala · Kerala Assembly Election, 2011
KL-KOTTAYAM
INC 46.8%won by 0.6%CPM 46.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 46.2% — it did not contest here in 2006.
- Knife-edgeDecided by 711 votes (0.62%) — among the closest results anywhere.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
1,48,225
Turnout
77.5%
Valid votes
1,14,901
Margin
711
0.62%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1THIRUVANCHOOR RADHAKRISHNANIndian National Congress · INC53,82546.8%
- 2V.N.VASAVANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM53,11446.2%
- 3ADV.NARAYANAN NAMBOOTHIRIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,4494.7%
- 4V.S. SHAJANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,7371.5%
- 5RAJEEV ABRAHAMIndependent · IND3870.3%
- 6N.K. BIJUSUCI · SUCI2760.2%
- 7GEORGE.P.ELIASIndependent · IND1130.1%
Since 2006
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPIM
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- −46.4%
- INC share
- 47.1% → 46.8%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 46.2%
- Turnout
- — → 77.5%