PALGHAT
Constituency no. 7 in Kerala · Lok Sabha seat contested 12 times since 1962.
Kerala also has an assembly constituency called PALGHAT. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 11 results.
Winner, 2004
N. N. KRISHNADAS
CPM
Elections held
12
1962–2004
Most successful party
CPM
won 7 of 12
Margin, 2004
98,158
11.96% of valid votes
Result, 2004
Runner-up
INCV S VIJAYA RAGHAVAN
- Votes
- 2,76,986
- Vote share
- 33.74%
- Behind by
- 98,158
Electors
11,13,144
Total votes polled
8,20,856
Valid votes
8,20,856
NOTA votes
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Turnout
73.7%
Full result, 2004
7 candidates · 8,20,856 valid votes
N. N. KRISHNADASCPMwon
3,75,144
45.7%
V S VIJAYA RAGHAVANINC
2,76,986
33.7%
C UDAI BHASKERBJP
1,47,792
18.0%
KRISHNADASIND
7,637
0.9%
M SUBRAMANIANBSP
5,021
0.6%
K KUTTIKRISHNANIND
5,006
0.6%
AMBAZHAKODE VELAYUDHANCPI(ML)(L)
3,270
0.4%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 12 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | N. N. KRISHNADAS | CPM | 3,75,144 | 45.70% | V S VIJAYA RAGHAVAN | 98,158 |
| 1999 | N.N.Krishnadas | CPM | 3,72,536 | 46.19% | M.T. Padma | 30,767 |
| 1998 | N.N. Krishnadas | CPM | 3,45,963 | 46.99% | V.S. Vijayaraghavan | 25,022 |
| 1996 | N N KRISHNADAS | CPM | 3,43,264 | 47.77% | V S VIJAYARAGHAVAN | 23,423 |
| 1991 | V.S. VIJAYARAGHAVAN | INC | 3,34,913 | 48.38% | A. VIJAYARAGHAVAN | 15,768 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above