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186. Kasaragod

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Kerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-KASARAGOD

CPM 45.0%won by 0.2%INC 44.8%

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 0.2%.

  • Knife-edgeDecided by 1,546 votes (0.19%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • 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
10,10,280
Turnout
78.9%
Valid votes
7,97,296
Margin
1,546
0.19%

Candidates

12 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1M. RAMMANA RAICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,58,72345.0%
  2. 2I. RAMA RAIIndian National Congress · INC3,57,17744.8%
  3. 3C. K. PADMANABHANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP69,4198.7%
  4. 4E K ABDULRAHIMAN PADANEKKEDIndependent · IND2,5480.3%
  5. 5AYSHA MALLATHIndependent · IND1,8850.2%
  6. 6NARAYANPALERIYADEVIndependent · IND1,6850.2%
  7. 7K. T. PADMANABHANIndependent · IND1,6300.2%
  8. 8P. M.ABOOBACKERIndependent · IND1,2200.2%
  9. 9A PURUSHANIndependent · IND8840.1%
  10. 10T. M. SEBASTIANIndependent · IND7870.1%
  11. 11MOIDEEN KUNHIIndependent · IND7820.1%
  12. 12SIMON JOSEIndependent · IND5560.1%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–INC swing
+2.2%
CPM share
43.6% → 45.0%
INC share
45.5% → 44.8%
Turnout
77.5% → 78.9%
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