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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1998

Vaikom

Assembly constituency 96 (SC) · Kerala

State boardKerala 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#96 · SC
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants5
Electors1,40,186
Votes polled1,09,169
Turnout77.9%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerP. NarayananCommunist Party of India52,43348.0% of votes
MARGIN1,276 votes · 1.2 pp52,433 − 51,157
Runner-upAdv. V. P. Sajeendran Indian National Congress51,15746.9% of votes
CPI 50.6% of top-two votesINC 49.4%

All candidates 5

  1. 01 P. NarayananCPI52,433 48.0%
  2. 02 Adv. V. P. SajeendranINC51,157 46.9%
  3. 03 T. K. Kochola KumarBJP5,257 4.8%
  4. 04 K. K. KesavanIND189 0.2%
  5. 05 Babu PappuIND133 0.1%

Turnout 77.9%

025507510077.9%TURNOUT◦ state median 71.1%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 4 seats, 199871.1%
  • ReconciliationΣ 5 candidates = 1,09,169Verified

Seat history 2026–1965

  1. 2026
    16.1 pp
    Nattakom SureshIndian National Congress
  2. 2021
    11.4 pp
    V N VasavanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  3. 2016
    6.8 pp
    Suresh KurupCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  4. 2011
    1.5 pp
    Adv. K. Suresh KurupCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  5. 2006
    8.7 pp
    K AjithCommunist Party of India
  6. 2001
    7.2 pp
    P NarayananCommunist Party of India
  7. 1998
    1.2 pp
    P. NarayananCommunist Party of India
  8. 1996
    9.0 pp
    M.K.KesavanCommunist Party of India
  9. 1991
    1.0 pp
    K.K. BalakrishnanIndian National Congress
  10. 1987
    0.4 pp
    P. K. RaghavanCommunist Party of India
  11. 1982
    0.8 pp
    M. K. KesavanCommunist Party of India
  12. 1980
    18.0 pp
    M. K. KesavanCommunist Party of India
  13. 1977
    21.6 pp
    M. K. KesavanCommunist Party of India
  14. 1970
    9.6 pp
    Thalavady OommenSamyukta Socialist Party/Socialist Party
  15. 1967
    14.6 pp
    K . K . K . PillaiIndependent
  16. 1965
    20.9 pp
    Thomas JohnKC

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 21.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed BJP polled 5,257 votes, 4.1× the 1,276-vote margin.

    5,257 ÷ 1,276 = 4.1

  2. The top two polled 94.9% of votes; the other 3 candidates 5.1% between them.

    (52,433 + 51,157) ÷ 1,09,169 = 94.9% · 5,579 ÷ 1,09,169 = 5.1%

  3. Turnout of 77.9% was 6.8 pp above the state's median seat (71.1%).

    77.9 − 71.1 = +6.8

  4. The margin narrowed from 9.0 pp in 1996 to 1.2 pp.

    1.2 − 9.0 = −7.8 pp

  5. CPI held the seat it won in 1996.

    1996 CPI · 1998 CPI

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 5 candidate lines1,09,169
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled1,09,169
  • Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

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

Candidates5 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 4 seats on the Kerala Vidhan Sabha 1998 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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