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12. Dharmadam

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Kerala · Kerala Assembly Election, 2016

KL-DHARMADAM

CPM 56.8%won by 24.0%INC 32.8%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.1% to 24.0%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 32.8% — it did not contest here in 2011.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.7% between them, down from 95.1% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
1,84,431
Turnout
83.3%
Valid votes
1,53,627
Margin
36,905
24.02%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1PINARAYI VIJAYANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM87,32956.8%
  2. 2MAMBARAM DIVAKARANIndian National Congress · INC50,42432.8%
  3. 3MOHANAN MANANTHERYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP12,7638.3%
  4. 4THARAMMAL NIYASSDPI · SDPI1,9941.3%
  5. 5None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA6150.4%
  6. 6DIVAKARAN.M.THIRUVATHIRAIndependent · IND3540.2%
  7. 7DIVAKARAN MOOTTIL HOUSEIndependent · IND1480.1%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−29.1%
CPM share
53.1% → 56.8%
INC share
0.0% → 32.8%
Turnout
83.2% → 83.3%
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