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217. Palghat

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Kerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004

IN-PALGHAT

CPM 45.7%won by 12.0%INC 33.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.8% to 12.0%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.4% between them, down from 88.6% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.5% to 73.7%.

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

Electorate
11,13,144
Turnout
73.7%
Valid votes
8,20,856
Margin
98,158
11.96%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1N. N. KRISHNADASCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,75,14445.7%
  2. 2V S VIJAYA RAGHAVANIndian National Congress · INC2,76,98633.7%
  3. 3C UDAI BHASKERBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,47,79218.0%
  4. 4KRISHNADASIndependent · IND7,6370.9%
  5. 5M SUBRAMANIANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,0210.6%
  6. 6K KUTTIKRISHNANIndependent · IND5,0060.6%
  7. 7AMBAZHAKODE VELAYUDHANCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL3,2700.4%

Since 1999

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+8.1%
CPM share
46.2% → 45.7%
INC share
42.4% → 33.7%
Turnout
71.2% → 73.7%
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