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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2016

Palakkad

Assembly constituency 56 (GEN) · Kerala

State boardKerala 2016

[01]Result · 2016

#56 · GEN
Poll date16 May 2016
Contestants5
Electors1,78,028
Votes polled1,37,085
Turnout77.0%
NOTA7190.4% of votes
WinnerShafi ParambilIndian National Congress57,55942.0% of votes
MARGIN17,483 votes · 12.8 pp57,559 − 40,076
Runner-upSobha Surendran Bharatiya Janata Party40,07629.2% of votes
INC 59.0% of top-two votesBJP 41.0%

All candidates 5

  1. 01 Shafi ParambilINC57,559 42.0%
  2. 02 Sobha SurendranBJP40,076 29.2%
  3. 03 N N KrishnadasCPI(M)38,675 28.2%
  4. 04 Hari ArumbilBSP411 0.3%
  5. 05 Dr. M. N. AnuvarudheenIND364 0.3%

Turnout 77.0%

025507510077.0%TURNOUT◦ state median 77.5%
Male 86,34348.5% Female 91,68551.5%

Share of 1,78,028 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,062
  • NOTAreported alongside the total719 · 0.4%
  • State median turnoutmedian of 140 seats, 201677.5%
  • ReconciliationΣ 5 candidates = 1,37,085Verified

Seat history 2026–1965

  1. 2026
    8.9 pp
    Ramesh PisharodyIndian National Congress
  2. 2024
    Margin not recorded
    Rahul MamkootathilIndian National Congress
  3. 2021
    2.7 pp
    Shafi ParambilIndian National Congress
  4. 2016
    12.8 pp
    Shafi ParambilIndian National Congress
  5. 2011
    6.6 pp
    Shafi ParambilIndian National Congress
  6. 2006
    18.8 pp
    Babu M PalisseryCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  7. 2001
    3.5 pp
    T.V.ChandramohanIndian National Congress
  8. 1996
    0.8 pp
    N.R.BalanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  9. 1991
    2.5 pp
    T.V. ChandramohanIndian National Congress
  10. 1987
    0.4 pp
    K.P. AravindakshanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  11. 1982
    1.8 pp
    K. P. AravindakshanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  12. 1980
    28.0 pp
    K. P. ViswanathanIndian National Congress (U)
  13. 1977
    7.8 pp
    K. P. ViswanathanIndian National Congress
  14. 1970
    5.9 pp
    C. Achutha MenonCommunist Party of India
  15. 1967
    18.6 pp
    P.S. NamboodiriCommunist Party of India
  16. 1965
    5.0 pp
    P. S. NamboodiriCommunist Party of India

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 28.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed CPI(M) polled 38,675 votes, 2.2× the 17,483-vote margin.

    38,675 ÷ 17,483 = 2.2

  2. The top two polled 71.2% of votes; the other 3 candidates 28.8% between them.

    (57,559 + 40,076) ÷ 1,37,085 = 71.2% · 39,450 ÷ 1,37,085 = 28.8%

  3. Turnout of 77.0% was 0.5 pp below the state's median seat (77.5%).

    77.0 − 77.5 = −0.5

  4. The margin widened from 6.6 pp in 2011 to 12.8 pp.

    12.8 − 6.6 = +6.2 pp

  5. Shafi Parambil also won in 2011.

    2011 winner name = 2016 winner name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 5 candidate lines1,37,085
  • NOTAreported alongside the total719
  • Published totalVotes polled1,37,085
  • 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

Candidates5 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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