Constituency
205. Ponnani
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-PONNANI
MUL 49.6%won by 11.1%CPI 38.5%
What changed here
DerivedMUL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.0% to 11.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.2% to 65.5%.
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Electorate
10,91,180
Turnout
65.5%
Valid votes
7,14,873
Margin
79,295
11.09%
Candidates
7 contested · winner MUL- 1G.M.BANATWALLAMUL · MUL3,54,80849.6%
- 2MOKKATH RAHMATHULLACommunist Party of India · CPI2,75,51338.5%
- 3K.JANACHANDRAN MASTERBharatiya Janata Party · BJP56,2347.9%
- 4C.K.ABDUL AZEEZJammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party · PDP23,4843.3%
- 5THORAKKATTU KONDERANIndependent · IND1,7370.2%
- 6AREEKADAN KADEESUMMA KUTTYASSANIndependent · IND1,6120.2%
- 7PAREKKADAN RAHIMANIndependent · IND1,4850.2%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- MUL
- Winner now
- MUL
- MUL–CPI swing
- −3.9%
- MUL share
- 53.1% → 49.6%
- CPI share
- 38.1% → 38.5%
- Turnout
- 63.3% → 65.5%