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230. Thiruvananthapuram

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Kerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 2014

IN-THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

INC 34.1%won by 1.8%BJP 32.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.6% to 1.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.4% between them, down from 75.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.9% to 68.6%.

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

Electorate
12,72,748
Turnout
68.6%
Valid votes
8,73,441
Margin
15,470
1.77%

Since 2009

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−31.1%
INC share
44.3% 34.1%
BJP share
11.4% 32.3%
Turnout
65.7% 68.6%