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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1982

Sherthalai

Assembly constituency 98 (GEN) · Kerala

State boardKerala 1982

[01]Result · 1982

#98 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants3
Electors84,974
Votes polled72,928
Turnout85.8%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerVayalar RaviIndependent36,94051.0% of votes
MARGIN1,873 votes · 2.6 pp36,940 − 35,067
Runner-upP. S. Sreenivasan Communist Party of India35,06748.4% of votes
IND 51.3% of top-two votesCPI 48.7%

All candidates 3

  1. 01 Vayalar RaviIND36,940 51.0%
  2. 02 P. S. SreenivasanCPI35,067 48.4%
  3. 03 V. K. SasiIND471 0.7%

Turnout 85.8%

025507510085.8%TURNOUT◦ state median 74.4%
Male 41,86649.3% Female 43,10850.7%

Share of 84,974 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,030
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 140 seats, 198274.4%
  • ReconciliationΣ 3 candidates = 72,478Residual 450

Seat history 2026–1965

  1. 2026
    41.3 pp
    Adv. Chandy OommenIndian National Congress
  2. 2023
    Margin not recorded
    Chandy OommenIndian National Congress
  3. 2021
    6.9 pp
    Oommen ChandyIndian National Congress
  4. 2016
    20.3 pp
    Oommen ChandyIndian National Congress
  5. 2011
    28.4 pp
    Oommen ChandyIndian National Congress
  6. 2006
    7.9 pp
    P.ThilothamanCommunist Party of India
  7. 2001
    6.0 pp
    A K AntonyIndian National Congress
  8. 1996
    7.6 pp
    A.K.AntonyIndian National Congress
  9. 1991
    0.9 pp
    C.K. ChandrappanCommunist Party of India
  10. 1987
    2.5 pp
    Vayalar RaviIndian National Congress
  11. 1982
    2.6 pp
    Vayalar RaviIndependent
  12. 1980
    16.8 pp
    P. S. SreenivasanCommunist Party of India
  13. 1977
    18.0 pp
    M. K. RaghavanIndian National Congress
  14. 1970
    7.1 pp
    T. Kunukrishna PillaiIndian National Congress
  15. 1967
    7.3 pp
    P. K. KunguSikkim Sangram Parishad
  16. 1965
    0.7 pp
    SukumaranCommunist Party of India (Marxist)

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 41.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 98.7% of votes; the other 1 candidate 0.6% between them.

    (36,940 + 35,067) ÷ 72,928 = 98.7% · 471 ÷ 72,928 = 0.6%

  2. Turnout of 85.8% was 11.4 pp above the state's median seat (74.4%).

    85.8 − 74.4 = +11.4

  3. The margin narrowed from 16.8 pp in 1980 to 2.6 pp.

    2.6 − 16.8 = −14.2 pp

  4. P. S. Sreenivasan, the 1980 winner, finished second in 1982.

    1980 winner name = 1982 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 3 candidate lines72,478
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled72,928
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 450

Candidate votes miss the published total by 450, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1982 · Kerala · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates3 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 140 seats on the Kerala Vidhan Sabha 1982 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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