Constituency
127. Varkala
Community mirrorKerala · Kerala Assembly Election, 2011
KL-VARKALA
INC 52.4%won by 9.7%CPM 42.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.8% to 9.7%.
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 42.7% — it did not contest here in 2006.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
1,51,930
Turnout
72.5%
Valid votes
1,10,227
Margin
10,710
9.72%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1VARKALA KAHARIndian National Congress · INC57,75552.4%
- 2A.A.RAHIMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM47,04542.7%
- 3ELAKAMAN SATHEESANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,4303.1%
- 4CHERUNNIYOOR GANESHIndependent · IND9270.8%
- 5KUNNIL SHAJAHANSDPI · SDPI7950.7%
- 6ANEESH KUMARIndependent · IND2750.2%
Since 2006
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- −39.1%
- INC share
- 48.8% → 52.4%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 42.7%
- Turnout
- — → 72.5%