OTTAPALAM
Constituency no. 8 in Kerala · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Lok Sabha seat contested 9 times since 1977.
Kerala also has an assembly constituency called OTTAPALAM. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 13 results.
Winner, 2004
S. AJAYA KUMAR
CPM
Elections held
9
1977–2004
Most successful party
CPM
won 5 of 9
Margin, 2004
70,410
8.73% of valid votes
Result, 2004
Runner-up
INCK A THULASI
- Votes
- 3,25,518
- Vote share
- 40.35%
- Behind by
- 70,410
Electors
10,92,142
Total votes polled
8,06,835
Valid votes
8,06,835
NOTA votes
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Turnout
73.9%
Full result, 2004
5 candidates · 8,06,835 valid votes
S. AJAYA KUMARCPMwon
3,95,928
49.1%
K A THULASIINC
3,25,518
40.4%
P K VELAYUDHANBJP
68,193
8.4%
K AJAYANIND
9,307
1.1%
M VELAYUDHANBSP
7,889
1.0%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 9 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | S. AJAYA KUMAR | CPM | 3,95,928 | 49.07% | K A THULASI | 70,410 |
| 1999 | S. Ajayakumar | CPM | 3,59,758 | 46.32% | Pandalam Sudhakaran | 13,715 |
| 1998 | S. Ajayakumar | CPM | 3,35,376 | 46.87% | Prof: K.K. Vijayalakshmi | 19,800 |
| 1996 | S. AJAYAKUMAR | CPM | 3,24,022 | 47.45% | VIJAYALAKSHMI K K | 23,064 |
| 1991 | K.R. NARAYANAN | INC | 3,27,043 | 48.28% | LENIN RAJENDRAN | 15,088 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above