PALGHAT
Assembly seat no. 49 in Kerala · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 11 times since 1965.
Kerala also has a Lok Sabha constituency called PALGHAT. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 12 results.
Winner, 2006
K.K DIVAKARAN
CPM
Elections held
11
1965–2006
Most successful party
CPM
won 5 of 11
Margin, 2006
1,344
1.21% of valid votes
Result, 2006
Runner-up
INCA.V. GOPINATHAN
- Votes
- 39,822
- Vote share
- 35.76%
- Behind by
- 1,344
Electors
1,55,550
Total votes polled
1,11,346
Valid votes
1,11,346
NOTA votes
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Turnout
71.6%
Full result, 2006
9 candidates · 1,11,346 valid votes
K.K DIVAKARANCPMwon
41,166
37.0%
A.V. GOPINATHANINC
39,822
35.8%
O. RAJAGOPALBJP
27,667
24.9%
ADV. VIJAYA SARATHYIND
765
0.7%
A. K. SALEEM AAMAYURBSP
490
0.4%
A. GOPINATHANIND
442
0.4%
RAVI EZHAVANIND
409
0.4%
V.V. GOPINATHIND
329
0.3%
M. J. JOSEPHIND
256
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 11 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | K.K DIVAKARAN | CPM | 41,166 | 36.97% | A.V. GOPINATHAN | 1,344 |
| 2001 | K.SANKARA NARAYANAN | INC | 53,831 | 48.51% | T.K.NOUSHAD | 10,805 |
| 1996 | T.K.NOUSHAD | CPM | 39,198 | 43.20% | C.M.SUNDARAM | 596 |
| 1991 | C.M. SUNDARAM | INC | 41,432 | 45.09% | M.S. GOPALAKIRSHNAN | 3,507 |
| 1987 | C. M. SUNDARAM | IND | 38,774 | 44.35% | GIRIJA SURENDRAN | 6,065 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above