Who won Ernakulam in the 2006 Assembly election?

PROF. K V THOMAS of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Ernakulam in the 2006 Assembly election with 43,148 votes (49.7% vote share), a margin of 5,800 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

72. Ernakulam

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Kerala Assembly Election, 2006

KL-ERNAKULAM

INC 49.7%won by 6.7%CPIM 43.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.6% to 6.7%.

New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) finished second with 43.0% — it did not contest here in 2001.
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

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Turnout

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Valid votes

86,785

Margin

5,800

6.68%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC

1PROF. K V THOMAS Indian National Congress · INC43,14849.7%
2M M LOWRANACE Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPIM37,34843.0%
3NEDUMBASSERI RAVI Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,9025.6%
4PANJIMALA BALAKRISHNAN Independent · IND7670.9%
5P S KARUNAKARAN Bahujan Samaj Party · BSP6200.7%

Since 2001

Derived

Winner then: INC
Winner now: INC
INC–CPIM swing: −43.5%
INC share: 50.2% → 49.7%
CPIM share: 0.0% → 43.0%
Turnout: — → —

71. Narakal 73. Mattancherry

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