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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Trivandrum

Parliamentary constituency 20 (GEN) · Kerala

State boardKerala 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#20 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants9Candidate lines
Electors11,66,449
Votes polled7,66,800
Turnout65.7%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerK. KarunakaranIndian National Congress3,37,42944.0% of votes
MARGIN15,398 votes · 2.0 pp3,37,429 − 3,22,031
Runner-upK.V. Surendra Nath Communist Party of India3,22,03142.0% of votes
INC 51.2% of top-two votesCPI 48.8%

All candidates 9

  1. 01 K. KarunakaranINC3,37,429 44.0%
  2. 02 K.V. Surendra NathCPI3,22,031 42.0%
  3. 03 Kerala Varma RajaBJP94,303 12.3%
  4. 04 Robinson DavidBSP2,871 0.4%
  5. 05 S.R. BijuIND1,876 0.2%
  6. 06 Robinson AlbertIND876 0.1%
  7. 07 Prof. A. Yeshu RatnamIND604 0.1%
  8. 08 P. Peeru MohammedIND429 0.1%
  9. 09 Gopakumar Sankara PillaiIND404 0.1%

Turnout 65.7%

025507510065.7%TURNOUT◦ state median 70.6%
Male 5.76 lakh49.4% Female 5.91 lakh50.6%

Share of 11,66,449 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,025
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 20 seats, 199870.6%
  • ReconciliationΣ 9 candidates = 7,60,823Residual 5,977

Seat history 2024–1977

  1. 2024
    1.7 pp
    Shashi TharoorIndian National Congress
  2. 2019
    9.9 pp
    Dr. Shashi TharoorIndian National Congress
  3. 2014
    1.8 pp
    Dr. Shashi TharoorIndian National Congress
  4. 2009
    13.5 pp
    Shashi TharoorIndian National Congress
  5. 2005
    9.8 pp
    Pannyan RaveendranCommunist Party of India
  6. 2004
    7.2 pp
    P. K. Vasudevan NairCommunist Party of India
  7. 1999
    1.9 pp
    Advocate V.S. SivakumarIndian National Congress
  8. 1998
    2.0 pp
    K. KarunakaranIndian National Congress
  9. 1996
    2.9 pp
    K.V.SurendranathCommunist Party of India
  10. 1991
    6.1 pp
    A. CharlesIndian National Congress
  11. 1989
    6.7 pp
    A. CharlesIndian National Congress
  12. 1984
    9.5 pp
    A. CharlesIndian National Congress
  13. 1980
    23.6 pp
    A. Neelalohithadasan NadarIndian National Congress
  14. 1977
    15.6 pp
    M. N. Govindan NairCommunist Party of India

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 23.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed BJP polled 94,303 votes, 6.1× the 15,398-vote margin.

    94,303 ÷ 15,398 = 6.1

  2. The top two polled 86.0% of votes; the other 7 candidates 13.2% between them.

    (3,37,429 + 3,22,031) ÷ 7,66,800 = 86.0% · 1,01,363 ÷ 7,66,800 = 13.2%

  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 2.9 pp in 1996 to 2.0 pp.

    2.0 − 2.9 = −0.9 pp

  5. K.V. Surendra Nath, the 1996 winner, finished second in 1998.

    1996 winner name = 1998 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 9 candidate lines7,60,823
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled7,66,800
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 5,977

Candidate votes miss the published total by 5,977, 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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