the so-called EMS line relevant .'In 1984 the BJP polled, state-wide, 4,00,000-votes. In the 1987 assembly elections contesting 127 of the 140 seats the party polled 8,25,000 votes. In itself this is not a very substantial figure but in Kerala's polarised context it acquires relevance.
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