Constituency
71. Puthukkad
Community mirrorKerala · Kerala Assembly Election, 2016
KL-PUTHUKKAD
CPM 50.1%won by 24.2%INC 25.8%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 19.2% to 24.2%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.9% between them, down from 86.5% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.7% to 81.3%.
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Electorate
1,95,265
Turnout
81.3%
Valid votes
1,58,721
Margin
38,478
24.24%
Candidates
9 contested · winner CPM- 1PROF.C.RAVEENDRANATHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM79,46450.1%
- 2SUNDARAN KUNNATHULLYIndian National Congress · INC40,98625.8%
- 3A NAGESH(PARAMESWARAN)Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP35,83322.6%
- 4None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA7790.5%
- 5ASIF NIYASJammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party · PDP5190.3%
- 6C.V.VIJAYANIndependent · IND4310.3%
- 7SANTHOSH POLAKULATHShiv Sena · SHS2390.2%
- 8JAYAN KONIKKARACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2370.1%
- 9SANTHOSH IYTHADANIndependent · IND2330.1%
Since 2011
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- +5.1%
- CPM share
- 52.8% → 50.1%
- INC share
- 33.7% → 25.8%
- Turnout
- 78.5% → 81.3%