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Balusseri

Assembly constituency 25 (SC) · Kerala

State boardKerala 2016

[01]Result · 2016

#25 · SC
Poll date16 May 2016
Contestants8
Electors2,08,174
Votes polled1,73,930
Turnout83.6%
NOTA6380.3% of votes
WinnerPurushuan KadalundiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)82,91447.7% of votes
MARGIN15,464 votes · 8.9 pp82,914 − 67,450
Runner-upU.C Raman Padanilam Independent67,45038.8% of votes
CPI(M) 55.1% of top-two votesIND 44.9%

All candidates 8

  1. 01 Purushuan KadalundiCPI(M)82,914 47.7%
  2. 02 U.C Raman PadanilamIND67,450 38.8%
  3. 03 P.K SupranBJP19,324 11.1%
  4. 04 Balan NaduvannurSDPI1,764 1.0%
  5. 05 Saseendran BappankadWPI959 0.6%
  6. 06 Raman Thachampoyil MeethalIND710 0.4%
  7. 07 K.T SivanIND497 0.3%
  8. 08 JayarajanIND312 0.2%

Turnout 83.6%

025507510083.6%TURNOUT◦ state median 77.5%
Male 99,47747.8% Female 1.09 lakh52.2%

Share of 2,08,174 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,093
  • NOTAreported alongside the total638 · 0.3%
  • State median turnoutmedian of 140 seats, 201677.5%
  • ReconciliationΣ 8 candidates = 1,73,930Verified

Seat history 2026–1965

  1. 2026
    8.9 pp
    V.T. SoorajIndian National Congress
  2. 2021
    11.2 pp
    Adv. K.M. SachindevCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  3. 2016
    8.9 pp
    Purushuan KadalundiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  4. 2011
    5.9 pp
    Purushan KadalundiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  5. 2006
    14.3 pp
    Advocate P M A SalamIndian National League
  6. 2001
    0.7 pp
    T.P.M ZahirMuslim League Kerala State Committee
  7. 1996
    8.4 pp
    Elamaram KareemCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  8. 1991
    3.6 pp
    M.K. MuneerMuslim Leage
  9. 1987
    2.4 pp
    C.P. KunhuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  10. 1982
    8.4 pp
    P. M. AbubackerAll India Muslim League
  11. 1980
    6.9 pp
    P. M. AbubackarAll India Muslim League
  12. 1977
    1.6 pp
    P. M. AboobackerMuslim League (OPPOSITION)
  13. 1970
    5.3 pp
    Kalpally Madhava MenonIndependent
  14. 1967
    18.4 pp
    P.M.AbubackerMuslim Leage
  15. 1965
    16.4 pp
    P.M. AboobackerIndependent

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 18.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed BJP polled 19,324 votes, 1.2× the 15,464-vote margin.

    19,324 ÷ 15,464 = 1.2

  2. The top two polled 86.5% of votes; the other 6 candidates 13.5% between them.

    (82,914 + 67,450) ÷ 1,73,930 = 86.5% · 23,566 ÷ 1,73,930 = 13.5%

  3. Turnout of 83.6% was 6.1 pp above the state's median seat (77.5%).

    83.6 − 77.5 = +6.1

  4. The margin widened from 5.9 pp in 2011 to 8.9 pp.

    8.9 − 5.9 = +3.0 pp

  5. CPI(M) held the seat it won in 2011.

    2011 CPI(M) · 2016 CPI(M)

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 8 candidate lines1,73,930
  • NOTAreported alongside the total638
  • Published totalVotes polled1,73,930
  • Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2016 · Kerala · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates8 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 140 seats on the Kerala Vidhan Sabha 2016 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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