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Kerala Lok Sabha 1998

Results board · 20 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateKerala
Seats
20
Constituencies
Majority
11
Seats needed of 20
Electors
2.12Cr
On the roll
Votes polled
1.50Cr
70.7% of electors
Median turnout
70.6%
Median of 20 seats
INC short
−3
Below majority · 8 − 11

[01]Seat matrix

20 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 20 seats: INC 8, CPI(M) 6, MLKSC 2, CPI 2, RSP 1, KC(M) 1. Majority line at 11 seats. Hemicycle of 20 seats: INC 8, CPI(M) 6, MLKSC 2, CPI 2, RSP 1, KC(M) 1. Majority line at 11 seats.
Majority · 11 of 20INC 8 · 3 short of majority
INC 840.0% Indian National Congress
CPI(M) 630.0% Communist Party of India (Marxist)
MLKSC 210.0% Muslim League Kerala State Committee
CPI 210.0% Communist Party of India
RSP 15.0% Revolutionary Socialist Party
KC(M) 15.0% Kerala Congress (M)

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
INC 38.7%8 seats · 40.0%
CPI(M) 21.0%6 seats · 30.0%
CPI 8.3%2 seats · 10.0%
BJP 8.0%0 seats
MUL 5.0%Seats unmatched
Others 19.0%Seat count not derivable

Vote share not published

  • MLKSC2 seats
  • RSP1 seat
  • KC(M)1 seat

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

UPA 46.1%11 seats
THIRD FRONT 38.1%9 seats
NDA 8.0%0 seats
OTHERS 7.8%Seats not published

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. INC converted 38.7% of votes into 40.0% of seats, a seat premium of 1.3 pp.

    8 ÷ 20 = 40.0% · 40.0 − 38.7 = +1.3

  2. BJP polled 8.0% of votes, the 4th-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).

    0 ÷ 20 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 8.0 = −8.0

  3. Mavelikara was decided by 1,261 votes, the closest of 20 seats; Muvattupuzha had the widest margin, 1,13,809.

    min / max of margin over 20 seats with a recorded margin

  4. 4 seats were won by a margin under 1%; INC won 3 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 4 of 20 · INC 3

  5. Turnout ran from 62.6% in Ponnani to 77.3% in Alleppey; the median seat polled 70.6%.

    min / median / max over 20 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

20 of 20 seats carry a turnout
025507510070.6%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 00.0% of seats
50–60 00.0% of seats
60–70 945.0% of seats
70–80 1155.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestPonnani62.6%
  • HighestAlleppey77.3%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

20 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Kerala Lok Sabha 1998, all 20 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 Kasaragod T. Govindan Communist Party of India (Marxist) 8,71,934 48,240 5.5 76.4
02 Cannanore Mullappally Ramachandran Indian National Congress 8,24,208 2,180 0.3 76.9
03 Badagara A.K. Premajam Communist Party of India (Marxist) 8,45,229 59,161 7.0 75.1
04 Calicut Adv. P. Sankaran Indian National Congress 7,92,249 18,657 2.4 73.2
05 Manjeri E. Ahamed Muslim League Kerala State Committee 8,13,036 1,06,009 13.0 69.2
06 Ponnani G.M. Banatwalla Muslim League Kerala State Committee 6,92,506 1,04,244 15.1 62.6
07 Palghat N.N. Krishnadas Communist Party of India (Marxist) 7,45,183 25,022 3.4 69.2
08 Ottapalam S. Ajayakumar Communist Party of India (Marxist) 7,21,960 19,800 2.7 68.6
09 TrichurSC V.V. Raghavan Communist Party of India 7,29,425 18,409 2.5 71.2
10 Mukundapuram A.C. Jose Indian National Congress 7,52,317 8,949 1.2 72.7
11 Ernakulam Adv. George Eden Indian National Congress 7,76,105 74,508 9.6 68.9
12 MuvattupuzhaWIDEST Adv. P.C. Thomas Kerala Congress (M) 6,60,851 1,13,809 17.2 66.2
13 Kottayam Suresh Kurup Communist Party of India (Marxist) 7,19,864 5,446 0.8 73.3
14 Idukki P.C.Chacko Indian National Congress 7,19,111 6,350 0.9 68.3
15 Alleppey V.M. Sudheeran Indian National Congress 7,64,807 40,637 5.3 77.3
16 MavelikaraSCCLOSEST Prof. P.J. Kurien Indian National Congress 6,25,038 1,261 0.2 70.0
17 Adoor Chengara Surendran Communist Party of India 6,91,309 17,005 2.5 71.4
18 Quilon N.K. Premachandran Revolutionary Socialist Party 7,65,190 71,762 9.4 72.1
19 Chirayinkil Varkala Radhakrishnan Communist Party of India (Marxist) 6,95,722 7,542 1.1 65.7
20 Trivandrum K. Karunakaran Indian National Congress 7,66,800 15,398 2.0 65.7
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,13,809 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1998 · Kerala · 20 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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