TRIVANDRUM
Constituency no. 20 in Kerala · Lok Sabha seat contested 11 times since 1967.
Winner, 1998
K. Karunakaran
INC
Elections held
11
1967–2004
Most successful party
INC
won 5 of 11
Margin, 1998
15,398
2.02% of valid votes
Result, 1998
Runner-up
CPIK.V. Surendra Nath
- Votes
- 3,22,031
- Vote share
- 42.33%
- Behind by
- 15,398
Electors
11,66,449
Total votes polled
7,60,823
Valid votes
7,60,823
NOTA votes
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Turnout
65.2%
Full result, 1998
9 candidates · 7,60,823 valid votes
K. KarunakaranINCwon
3,37,429
44.4%
K.V. Surendra NathCPI
3,22,031
42.3%
Kerala Varma RajaBJP
94,303
12.4%
Robinson DavidBSP
2,871
0.4%
S.R. BijuIND
1,876
0.3%
Robinson AlbertIND
876
0.1%
Prof. A. Yeshu RatnamIND
604
0.1%
P. Peeru MohammedIND
429
0.1%
Gopakumar Sankara PillaiIND
404
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 11 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | P. K. VASUDEVAN NAIR | CPI | 2,86,057 | 37.45% | V S SIVAKUMAR | 54,603 |
| 1999 | Advocate V.S. Sivakumar | INC | 2,88,390 | 38.15% | Kaniyapuram Ramachandran | 14,485 |
| 1998 | K. Karunakaran | INC | 3,37,429 | 44.35% | K.V. Surendra Nath | 15,398 |
| 1996 | K.V.SURENDRANATH | CPI | 3,12,622 | 44.38% | A.CHARLES | 20,802 |
| 1991 | A. CHARLES | INC | 3,34,272 | 46.99% | E.J. VIJAYAMMA (W) | 43,670 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above