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Constituency

134. Thiruvananthapuram

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Kerala · Kerala Assembly Election, 2016

KL-THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

INC 36.8%won by 8.6%IND 28.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.0% to 8.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 28.2% — it polled just 0.5% in 2011.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.0% between them, down from 86.7% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.0% to 65.4%.

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

Electorate
1,93,101
Turnout
65.4%
Valid votes
1,26,212
Margin
10,905
8.64%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−36.7%
INC share
45.9% 36.8%
IND share
0.5% 28.2%
Turnout
60.4% 65.4%