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Constituency

188. Calicut

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Kerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984

IN-CALICUT

INC 50.0%won by 9.7%IML 40.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 9.7%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 50.0% of the vote here (+50.0%).
  • New challengerIML (IML) finished second with 40.3% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.2% between them, down from 97.7% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 18.9% to 78.8%.

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

Electorate
7,06,343
Turnout
78.8%
Valid votes
5,56,858
Margin
54,061
9.71%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCIML swing
+9.7%
INC share
0.0% 50.0%
IML share
0.0% 40.3%
Turnout
60.0% 78.8%