Election
Constituency

26. Beypore

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1987

KL-BEYPORE

CPM 44.9%won by 6.9%MUL 37.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.3% to 6.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerMUL (MUL) finished second with 37.9% — it did not contest here in 1982.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,05,963
Margin
7,331
6.92%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–MUL swing
−42.6%
CPM share
49.5% → 44.9%
MUL share
0.0% → 37.9%
Turnout
— → —