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127. Varkala

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Kerala · Kerala Assembly Election, 2016

KL-VARKALA

CPM 41.4%won by 1.9%INC 39.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 1.9%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.0% between them, down from 95.1% — the field split more ways.
  • 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
1,79,160
Turnout
71.5%
Valid votes
1,28,177
Margin
2,386
1.86%

Candidates

13 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1ADV.V.JOYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM53,10241.4%
  2. 2VARKALA KAHARIndian National Congress · INC50,71639.6%
  3. 3AJI.S.R.MBDJS · BDJS19,87215.5%
  4. 4VARKALA.R. LINEESBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,8881.5%
  5. 5None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA6280.5%
  6. 6ABDUL SALAMSDPI · SDPI4660.4%
  7. 7SUNIL KUMAR.SIndependent · IND3570.3%
  8. 8SUDEVANIndependent · IND3510.3%
  9. 9NADAYARA JABBARJammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party · PDP2970.2%
  10. 10BHASIDHARAN NAIRIndependent · IND1380.1%
  11. 11SALU. RIndependent · IND1350.1%
  12. 12VARKALA SABESANIndependent · IND1260.1%
  13. 13VIVEKANANDANIndependent · IND1010.1%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–INC swing
+11.6%
CPM share
42.7% → 41.4%
INC share
52.4% → 39.6%
Turnout
72.5% → 71.5%
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