Constituency
116. Karunagappally
Community mirrorKerala · Kerala Assembly Election, 2016
KL-KARUNAGAPPALLY
CPI 43.1%won by 1.1%INC 42.0%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.5% to 1.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 42.0% — it did not contest here in 2011.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.9% to 79.4%.
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Electorate
2,04,539
Turnout
79.4%
Valid votes
1,62,351
Margin
1,759
1.08%
Candidates
8 contested · winner CPI- 1R.RAMACHANDRANCommunist Party of India · CPI69,90243.1%
- 2C.R.MAHESHIndian National Congress · INC68,14342.0%
- 3V.SADASIVANBDJS · BDJS19,11511.8%
- 4A.K.SALAHUDHEENSDPI · SDPI1,7381.1%
- 5MYLAKKADU SHAHJammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party · PDP1,6201.0%
- 6GOPALAKRISHNANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6490.4%
- 7RAMACHANDRANIndependent · IND5940.4%
- 8None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA5900.4%
Since 2011
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–INC swing
- −49.0%
- CPI share
- 50.1% → 43.1%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 42.0%
- Turnout
- 75.5% → 79.4%