Constituency
211. Kasaragod
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-KASARAGOD
CPM 45.5%won by 7.6%INC 37.9%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.0% to 7.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- 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
11,13,892
Turnout
76.0%
Valid votes
8,47,096
Margin
64,427
7.61%
Candidates
7 contested · winner CPM- 1P KARUNAKARANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,85,52245.5%
- 2SHAHIDA KAMALIndian National Congress · INC3,21,09537.9%
- 3K. SURENDRANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,25,48214.8%
- 4K.H.MADHAVIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,5180.7%
- 5P.K. RAMANIndependent · IND5,0080.6%
- 6ABBAS MOTHALAPPARAIndependent · IND2,4250.3%
- 7MOHAN NAYAKIndependent · IND2,0460.2%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −4.4%
- CPM share
- 48.5% → 45.5%
- INC share
- 36.5% → 37.9%
- Turnout
- 77.7% → 76.0%