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206. Palghat

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Kerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-PALGHAT

CPM 47.8%won by 3.3%INC 44.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 3.3%.

  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.8% to 67.7%.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
10,62,083
Turnout
67.7%
Valid votes
7,18,544
Margin
23,423
3.26%

Candidates

17 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1N N KRISHNADASCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,43,26447.8%
  2. 2V S VIJAYARAGHAVANIndian National Congress · INC3,19,84144.5%
  3. 3M V SUKUMARANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP37,2215.2%
  4. 4P. SETHUMADHAVANJanahitha Paksha · JP3,2890.5%
  5. 5N. KRISHNA KUMARIndependent · IND3,2740.5%
  6. 6HAMZA CHEMMANAMJammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party · PDP2,4600.3%
  7. 7K. MADHAVANUNNIIndependent · IND1,3500.2%
  8. 8SIVARAMAKRISHNAN KRISHNANIndependent · IND1,3410.2%
  9. 9PANDIYATH CHANDRANIndependent · IND1,2330.2%
  10. 10MUNDUR KUMARANIndependent · IND1,0590.1%
  11. 11ABDUL BASHEERIndependent · IND8630.1%
  12. 12K T RAGHAVANIndependent · IND8220.1%
  13. 13MANIKKEN M.Independent · IND6890.1%
  14. 14ARAVINDAKSHAN N.Independent · IND5540.1%
  15. 15P P MENONIndependent · IND5210.1%
  16. 16JOY PETER TIndependent · IND5030.1%
  17. 17RAMESH VERMA K PIndependent · IND2600.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–INC swing
+5.5%
CPM share
46.1% → 47.8%
INC share
48.4% → 44.5%
Turnout
70.5% → 67.7%
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