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Constituency

61. Chelakkara

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Kerala · Kerala Assembly Election, 2016

KL-CHELAKKARA

CPM 44.8%won by 6.7%INC 38.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.6% to 6.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.9% between them, down from 92.3% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.7% to 79.2%.

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

Electorate
1,90,919
Turnout
79.2%
Valid votes
1,51,225
Margin
10,200
6.74%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−11.8%
CPM share
55.4% 44.8%
INC share
36.9% 38.1%
Turnout
76.5% 79.2%