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208. Trichur

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Kerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-TRICHUR

CPI 44.7%won by 0.2%INC 44.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 0.2%.

  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.9% to 69.4%.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 1,480 votes (0.21%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • 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
9,95,232
Turnout
69.4%
Valid votes
6,90,617
Margin
1,480
0.21%

Candidates

20 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1V.V.RAGHAVANCommunist Party of India · CPI3,08,48244.7%
  2. 2K.KARUNAKARANIndian National Congress · INC3,07,00244.5%
  3. 3REMA REGHUNANDANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP41,1396.0%
  4. 4M.S.KUNJUNNYIndependent · IND5,4890.8%
  5. 5C.J.JOHNIndependent · IND5,4550.8%
  6. 6CHACKO GEORGEIndependent · IND4,9280.7%
  7. 7P.D.JOSEPHIndependent · IND4,0920.6%
  8. 8MUKUNDAN PARAKKADIndependent · IND3,0850.4%
  9. 9DIVAKARAN PALLATHIndependent · IND2,2670.3%
  10. 10K.K.KARUNAKARANIndependent · IND2,1860.3%
  11. 11DEVASSY CHOWALLURIndependent · IND1,6250.2%
  12. 12SUNNY PAVARATTY (PUTHRAN)Independent · IND1,0090.1%
  13. 13M.S.CHANDRAPRAKASHIndependent · IND8100.1%
  14. 14K.K.ARJUNANIndependent · IND6580.1%
  15. 15THOLATH GRIGORY KOCHUIndependent · IND5340.1%
  16. 16VADAKKOOTTU RAGHAVANIndependent · IND5170.1%
  17. 17RAMA NANDANIndependent · IND3550.1%
  18. 18THOPPIL RAJAPPANIndependent · IND3390.0%
  19. 19M.S.MENON (M.SIVARAMA MENON)Independent · IND3240.0%
  20. 20KUNDUKULANGARA CHAKKUNNYIndependent · IND3210.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPI–INC swing
+4.4%
CPI share
44.8% → 44.7%
INC share
49.0% → 44.5%
Turnout
72.3% → 69.4%
207. Ottapalam209. Mukundapuram
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