Constituency
191. Ponnani
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-PONNANI
MUL 53.7%won by 15.3%CPI 38.4%
What changed here
DerivedMUL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.8% to 15.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.4% to 71.0%.
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Electorate
9,91,943
Turnout
71.0%
Valid votes
7,04,624
Margin
1,07,519
15.26%
Candidates
7 contested · winner MUL- 1G. M. BANAT WALIAMUL · MUL3,78,34753.7%
- 2M. RAHMATHULIACommunist Party of India · CPI2,70,82838.4%
- 3JANACHANDRAN MASTERBharatiya Janata Party · BJP48,8926.9%
- 4THUPPATH MOHAMEDUNNIJNPJP · JNPJP2,6220.4%
- 5VALLIKKATTIL HYDERKUTTYIndependent · IND1,7460.2%
- 6VELAYUDHAN NAIR S.Independent · IND1,1710.2%
- 7BHASKARAN THEKKEPURAKKALIndependent · IND1,0180.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- MUL
- Winner now
- MUL
- MUL–CPI swing
- −5.5%
- MUL share
- 58.5% → 53.7%
- CPI share
- 37.7% → 38.4%
- Turnout
- 68.6% → 71.0%