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204. Chirayinkil

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Kerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-CHIRAYINKIL

INC 48.2%won by 0.7%CPM 47.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.0% to 0.7%.

  • Knife-edgeDecided by 5,130 votes (0.71%) — among the closest results anywhere.

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

Electorate
9,84,118
Turnout
73.7%
Valid votes
7,24,825
Margin
5,130
0.71%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1THALEKUNNIL BASHEERIndian National Congress · INC3,49,06848.2%
  2. 2SUSHEELA GOPALANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,43,93847.5%
  3. 3V. N. GOPALAKRISHNAN NAIRBharatiya Janata Party · BJP23,0493.2%
  4. 4D. SANJEEVJNPJP · JNPJP3,5000.5%
  5. 5K. V. ANANDANIndependent · IND1,6920.2%
  6. 6C. K. BHARATHANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,2800.2%
  7. 7RADHAKRISHNANIndependent · IND7870.1%
  8. 8G. GANGADHARAN PILLAIIndependent · IND7650.1%
  9. 9KUNJUKRISHNAN ANSARIIndependent · IND7460.1%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
−5.3%
INC share
50.7% → 48.2%
CPM share
44.7% → 47.5%
Turnout
72.2% → 73.7%
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