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, 1999
S. Ajayakumar
CPM
Elections held
9
1977–2004
Most successful party
CPM
won 5 of 9
Margin, 1999
13,715
1.77% of valid votes
Result, 1999
Runner-up
INCPandalam Sudhakaran
- Votes
- 3,46,043
- Vote share
- 44.56%
- Behind by
- 13,715
Electors
11,03,327
Total votes polled
7,76,652
Valid votes
7,76,652
NOTA votes
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Turnout
70.4%
Full result, 1999
3 candidates · 7,76,652 valid votes
S. AjayakumarCPMwon
3,59,758
46.3%
Pandalam SudhakaranINC
3,46,043
44.6%
P.M. VelayudhanBJP
70,851
9.1%
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
