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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Chirayinkil

Parliamentary constituency 19 (GEN) · Kerala

State boardKerala 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#19 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants9Candidate lines
Electors10,59,243
Votes polled6,95,722
Turnout65.7%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerVarkala RadhakrishnanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)3,21,47946.2% of votes
MARGIN7,542 votes · 1.1 pp3,21,479 − 3,13,937
Runner-upM.M. Hassan Indian National Congress3,13,93745.1% of votes
CPI(M) 50.6% of top-two votesINC 49.4%

All candidates 9

  1. 01 Varkala RadhakrishnanCPI(M)3,21,479 46.2%
  2. 02 M.M. HassanINC3,13,937 45.1%
  3. 03 T.M. ViswambharanBJP47,249 6.8%
  4. 04 Nagaroor Vijayan, B.A., Bed.BSP2,413 0.3%
  5. 05 Surendran KarippuzhaIND1,320 0.2%
  6. 06 DevadathanIND1,062 0.2%
  7. 07 Pandalam RajendranIND1,034 0.1%
  8. 08 Radhakrishnan A.IND682 0.1%
  9. 09 Sailamony RajasekharanIND568 0.1%

Turnout 65.7%

025507510065.7%TURNOUT◦ state median 70.6%
Male 5.11 lakh48.3% Female 5.48 lakh51.7%

Share of 10,59,243 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,072
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 20 seats, 199870.6%
  • ReconciliationΣ 9 candidates = 6,89,744Residual 5,978

Seat history 2024–1977

  1. 2024
    0.1 pp
    Adv Adoor PrakashIndian National Congress
  2. 2019
    3.8 pp
    Adv. Adoor PrakashIndian National Congress
  3. 2014
    8.1 pp
    Dr.A .SampathCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  4. 2009
    2.5 pp
    Adv. A SampathCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  5. 2004
    7.6 pp
    Varkala RadhakrishnanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  6. 1999
    0.5 pp
    Varkala RadhakrishnanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  7. 1998
    1.1 pp
    Varkala RadhakrishnanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  8. 1996
    6.9 pp
    A.SampathCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  9. 1991
    0.2 pp
    Suseela Gopalan (W)Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  10. 1989
    0.7 pp
    Thalekunnil BasheerIndian National Congress
  11. 1984
    5.9 pp
    Thalekkunnil BasheerIndian National Congress
  12. 1980
    1.6 pp
    A. A. RahimIndian National Congress
  13. 1977
    14.3 pp
    Vayalar RaviIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 14.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed BJP polled 47,249 votes, 6.3× the 7,542-vote margin.

    47,249 ÷ 7,542 = 6.3

  2. The top two polled 91.3% of votes; the other 7 candidates 7.8% between them.

    (3,21,479 + 3,13,937) ÷ 6,95,722 = 91.3% · 54,328 ÷ 6,95,722 = 7.8%

  3. Turnout of 65.7% was 4.9 pp below the state's median seat (70.6%).

    65.7 − 70.6 = −4.9

  4. The margin narrowed from 6.9 pp in 1996 to 1.1 pp.

    1.1 − 6.9 = −5.8 pp

  5. CPI(M) held the seat it won in 1996.

    1996 CPI(M) · 1998 CPI(M)

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 9 candidate lines6,89,744
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled6,95,722
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 5,978

Candidate votes miss the published total by 5,978, 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

Candidates9 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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