Constituency
202. Ernakulam
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991
IN-ERNAKULAM
INC 49.6%won by 6.4%CPM 43.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.7% to 6.4%.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 43.2% — it did not contest here in 1989.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 8.6% to 71.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,19,504
Turnout
71.7%
Valid votes
7,31,147
Margin
47,144
6.45%
Candidates
16 contested · winner INC- 1K.V. THOMASIndian National Congress · INC3,62,97549.6%
- 2V. VISWANATHA MENONCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,15,83143.2%
- 3V.A. RAHMANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP30,0824.1%
- 4RAJASEKHARAN NAIRIndependent · IND6,5750.9%
- 5VALATH SALIMIndependent · IND3,3810.5%
- 6ABDUL RASHEEDIndependent · IND1,9280.3%
- 7G.P.C. NAYARJanahitha Paksha · JP1,9120.3%
- 8K.V. THOMASIndependent · IND1,6450.2%
- 9JOSE PADIKKALIndependent · IND1,2250.2%
- 10BEENA JACOB (W)LKD · LKD1,1950.2%
- 11ANIL KUMAR P.G.DDP · DDP1,1550.2%
- 12P.A. ABOOBACKERBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,1480.2%
- 13PREMAKUMAR KRISHNANIndependent · IND8620.1%
- 14JOHNSON KOTTOORIndependent · IND4690.1%
- 15THULASSEDHARAN PILLAI RAMKRISHNA PILLAIIndependent · IND4630.1%
- 16K.G. RAPHAELIndependent · IND3010.0%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- −43.4%
- INC share
- 49.9% → 49.6%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 43.2%
- Turnout
- 80.3% → 71.7%