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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Kottayam

Parliamentary constituency 13 (GEN) · Kerala

State boardKerala 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#13 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants6Candidate lines
Electors9,82,587
Votes polled7,19,864
Turnout73.3%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerSuresh KurupCommunist Party of India (Marxist)3,35,89346.7% of votes
MARGIN5,446 votes · 0.8 pp3,35,893 − 3,30,447
Runner-upRamesh Chennithala Indian National Congress3,30,44745.9% of votes
CPI(M) 50.4% of top-two votesINC 49.6%

All candidates 6

  1. 01 Suresh KurupCPI(M)3,35,893 46.7%
  2. 02 Ramesh ChennithalaINC3,30,447 45.9%
  3. 03 Adv. George KurianBJP42,830 5.9%
  4. 04 P.K. RajanBSP3,756 0.5%
  5. 05 Saseendranath ThankappanNPP1,066 0.1%
  6. 06 Jaison JosephIND1,000 0.1%

Turnout 73.3%

025507510073.3%TURNOUT◦ state median 70.6%
Male 4.89 lakh49.8% Female 4.93 lakh50.2%

Share of 9,82,587 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,009
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 20 seats, 199870.6%
  • ReconciliationΣ 6 candidates = 7,14,992Residual 4,872

Seat history 2024–1977

  1. 2024
    15.9 pp
    Adv. Dean KuriakoseIndian National Congress
  2. 2019
    18.6 pp
    Adv. Dean KuriakoseIndian National Congress
  3. 2014
    6.2 pp
    Adv.Joice GeorgeIndependent
  4. 2009
    9.5 pp
    Adv. P.T ThomasIndian National Congress
  5. 2004
    6.1 pp
    K. Suresh KurupCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  6. 1999
    1.4 pp
    Suresh KurupCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  7. 1998
    0.8 pp
    Suresh KurupCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  8. 1996
    9.6 pp
    Remesh ChennithalaIndian National Congress
  9. 1991
    8.8 pp
    Ramesh ChennithalaIndian National Congress
  10. 1989
    7.1 pp
    Ramesh ChennithalaIndian National Congress
  11. 1984
    1.0 pp
    Suresh KurupCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  12. 1980
    1.4 pp
    Skaria ThomasKerala Congress
  13. 1977
    14.6 pp
    Skariah ThomasKerala Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 18.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed BJP polled 42,830 votes, 7.9× the 5,446-vote margin.

    42,830 ÷ 5,446 = 7.9

  2. The top two polled 92.6% of votes; the other 4 candidates 6.8% between them.

    (3,35,893 + 3,30,447) ÷ 7,19,864 = 92.6% · 48,652 ÷ 7,19,864 = 6.8%

  3. Turnout of 73.3% was 2.7 pp above the state's median seat (70.6%).

    73.3 − 70.6 = +2.7

  4. The margin narrowed from 9.6 pp in 1996 to 0.8 pp.

    0.8 − 9.6 = −8.8 pp

  5. The seat changed hands: INC in 1996, CPI(M) in 1998.

    1996 INC · 1998 CPI(M)

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 6 candidate lines7,14,992
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled7,19,864
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 4,872

Candidate votes miss the published total by 4,872, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1998 · Kerala · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates6 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 20 seats on the Kerala Lok Sabha 1998 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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