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216. Adoor

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Kerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-ADOOR

CPI 48.5%won by 2.5%INC 46.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 2.5%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 42.8% to 48.5% of the vote here (+5.7%).
  • 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
9,67,961
Turnout
71.0%
Valid votes
6,86,813
Margin
17,005
2.48%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1Chengara SurendranCommunist Party of India · CPI3,33,29748.5%
  2. 2Kodikunnil SureshIndian National Congress · INC3,16,29246.1%
  3. 3Kainakary JanardhananBharatiya Janata Party · BJP34,8165.1%
  4. 4Chadayamangalam Asoka KumarIndependent · IND2,0350.3%
  5. 5Babu KochukunjuIndependent · IND3730.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPI–INC swing
+12.3%
CPI share
42.8% → 48.5%
INC share
52.6% → 46.1%
Turnout
71.2% → 71.0%
215. Mavelikara217. Quilon
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