QUILON
Constituency no. 18 in Kerala · Lok Sabha seat contested 11 times since 1967.
Kerala also has an assembly constituency called QUILON. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 10 results.
Winner, 1998
N.K. Premachandran
RSP
Elections held
11
1967–2004
Most successful party
RSP
won 4 of 11
Margin, 1998
71,762
9.44% of valid votes
Result, 1998
Runner-up
INCK.C. Rajan
- Votes
- 3,24,383
- Vote share
- 42.67%
- Behind by
- 71,762
Electors
10,61,740
Total votes polled
7,60,233
Valid votes
7,60,233
NOTA votes
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Turnout
71.6%
Full result, 1998
7 candidates · 7,60,233 valid votes
N.K. PremachandranRSPwon
3,96,145
52.1%
K.C. RajanINC
3,24,383
42.7%
Dr. Raichel MatthaiBJP
36,916
4.9%
B.K. RajagopalIND
860
0.1%
K. KanakarajanIND
783
0.1%
V. ChandrabhanuIND
687
0.1%
Latheef KallumpuramIND
459
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 11 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | P. RAJENDRAN | CPM | 3,55,279 | 50.36% | SOORANAD RAJASEKHARAN | 1,11,071 |
| 1999 | P. Rajendran | CPM | 3,51,869 | 47.84% | M.P. Gangadharan | 19,284 |
| 1998 | N.K. Premachandran | RSP | 3,96,145 | 52.11% | K.C. Rajan | 71,762 |
| 1996 | N.K.PREMACHANDRAN | RSP | 3,59,786 | 49.78% | S. KRISHNAKUMAR | 78,370 |
| 1991 | S. KRISHNA KUMAR | INC | 3,70,523 | 50.40% | R.S. UNNI | 27,727 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
