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218. Chirayinkil

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Kerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-CHIRAYINKIL

CPM 48.5%won by 7.1%INC 41.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.2% to 7.1%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.0% between them, down from 95.6% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.4% to 65.7%.

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

Electorate
10,35,445
Turnout
65.7%
Valid votes
6,80,181
Margin
48,083
7.07%

Candidates

17 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1A.SAMPATHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,30,07948.5%
  2. 2THALEKKUNNIL BASHEERIndian National Congress · INC2,81,99641.5%
  3. 3R.RADHAKRISHNAN UNNITHANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP30,3484.5%
  4. 4PULIPARA BIJUJammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party · PDP11,9631.8%
  5. 5SUSEELA RAJANIndependent · IND7,8071.1%
  6. 6DEVADETHANIndependent · IND3,2980.5%
  7. 7SEBASTIANIndependent · IND3,2900.5%
  8. 8JOTHISHKUMARShiv Sena · SHS2,3420.3%
  9. 9SUNNY JOSEPHIndependent · IND1,6700.2%
  10. 10POOVACHAL USHAJanahitha Paksha · JP1,4050.2%
  11. 11KALLAYAM CHANDRA MOHANIndependent · IND1,2350.2%
  12. 12K.V.ANANDANIndependent · IND1,1610.2%
  13. 13RAVEENDRAN NAIRIndependent · IND1,1550.2%
  14. 14C.B.RAMAKRISHNAN ALIAS M.R.KHANIndependent · IND7450.1%
  15. 15S. VELAYUDHAN NAIRIndependent · IND6240.1%
  16. 16ABDUL AZEEZIndependent · IND5330.1%
  17. 17BALAKRISHNANIndependent · IND5300.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+6.9%
CPM share
47.9% → 48.5%
INC share
47.7% → 41.5%
Turnout
69.0% → 65.7%
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