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198. Palghat

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Kerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-PALGHAT

INC 48.4%won by 2.3%CPM 46.1%

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 2.3%.

  • TurnoutTurnout fell 6.2% to 70.5%.

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

Electorate
9,82,228
Turnout
70.5%
Valid votes
6,92,292
Margin
15,768
2.28%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1V.S. VIJAYARAGHAVANIndian National Congress · INC3,34,91348.4%
  2. 2A. VIJAYARAGHAVANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,19,14546.1%
  3. 3REMA S. MENON (W)Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP31,3234.5%
  4. 4SIVANARAYANANJanahitha Paksha · JP4,1460.6%
  5. 5MUNDUR KUMARANIndependent · IND1,4790.2%
  6. 6K. VELUTHIRAIndependent · IND1,2860.2%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–CPM swing
+2.5%
INC share
47.2% → 48.4%
CPM share
47.4% → 46.1%
Turnout
76.7% → 70.5%
197. Ponnani199. Ottapalam
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