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Constituency

6. Payyannur

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Kerala · Kerala Assembly Election, 2016

KL-PAYYANNUR

CPM 58.0%won by 28.1%INC 30.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 24.6% to 28.1%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.0% between them, down from 95.0% — the field split more ways.
  • Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • 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
1,75,438
Turnout
81.8%
Valid votes
1,43,442
Margin
40,263
28.07%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+3.5%
CPM share
59.8% 58.0%
INC share
35.2% 30.0%
Turnout
82.4% 81.8%