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Kerala, Lok Sabha election 1998

20 constituencies in Kerala, 70.14% turnout.

Andaman and NicobarTelanganaAndhra PradeshArunachal PradeshAssamBiharChandigarhChhattisgarhDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and DiuDelhiGoaGujaratHaryanaHimachal PradeshJharkhandKarnatakaKeralaMadhya PradeshMaharashtraManipurMeghalayaMizoramNagalandOrissaPuducherryPunjabRajasthanSikkimTamil NaduTripuraUttar PradeshUttaranchalWest BengalLakshadweepJammu and KashmirLadakh
Seats
20
Candidates
120
10 women, 1 elected
Turnout
70.14%
1.49 cr of 2.12 cr
Leading party
INC
8 of 20 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Kerala

PartyWon+/−ContestedVotesShareShare +/−
INCIndian National Congress8+11757,46,56638.67%+0.66
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)6+1931,21,63621.00%-0.16
CPICommunist Party of India20412,35,7618.32%+0.09
MULIndian Union Muslim League2027,45,0705.01%-0.07
RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party1013,96,1452.67%+0.16
KECMKerala Congress (M)1013,56,1682.40%-0.26
BJPBharatiya Janata Party002011,92,0468.02%+2.41
INDIndependent0-14310,13,0676.82%-0.15
JDJanata Dal0-125,80,0943.90%-0.50
KECKerala Congress0013,27,6492.20%-0.02
INLINL00580,3330.54%+0.53
PDPJammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party00240,9720.28%-0.18
BSPBahujan Samaj Party00719,4750.13%-0.02
SHSShiv Sena0023,2900.02%-0.02
JPJP0011,1640.01%-0.09
NPPNPP0011,0660.01%—
THPITHPI0017650.01%—
SAPSAP0015580.00%0.00
2020 SEATS
  • INC8 (40%)
  • CPM6 (30%)
  • CPI2 (10%)
  • MUL2 (10%)
  • RSP1 (5%)
  • KECM1 (5%)
  • INC8
  • CPM6
  • CPI2
  • MUL2
  • RSP1
  • KECM1
INC 8CPM 6CPI 2MUL 2
  • INC8
  • CPM6
  • CPI2
  • MUL2
  • RSP1
  • KECM1

Constituency performance

From the 20 results in Kerala

Closest contest
MAVELIKARA
won by 1,261 (0.20%)
Biggest victory
MUVATTUPUZHA
won by 1,13,809 (17.35%)
Highest turnout
ALLEPPEY
76.83%
Lowest turnout
PONNANI
62.02%

Seat change

Against Kerala's previous Lok Sabha election (1996), matched constituency-for-constituency

20SEATS
  • Retained15 (75%)
  • Changed hands5 (25%)

15 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 5 changed hands.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

Kerala, every Lok Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE
0%12%23%35%47%1962196719711977198019841989199119961998199920042009201420192024INCCPMCPIMUL
  • INC
  • CPM
  • CPI
  • MUL
TURNOUT
0%22%44%66%88%1962196719711977198019841989199119961998199920042009201420192024Turnout

Constituency results

All 20 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–20 of 20

ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginTurnout
ADOORCPIChengara SurendranINCKodikunnil Suresh17,0052.48%71.0%
ALLEPPEYINCV.M. SudheeranCPMAdv. C.S. Sujatha40,6375.35%76.8%
BADAGARACPMA.K. PremajamINCP.M. Suresh Babu59,1617.03%74.8%
CALICUTINCAdv. P. SankaranJDM.P. Veerendra Kumar18,6572.37%72.7%
CANNANOREINCMullappally RamachandranINDA.C.Shanmukha Das2,1800.27%76.5%
CHIRAYINKILCPMVarkala RadhakrishnanINCM.M. Hassan7,5421.09%65.1%
ERNAKULAMINCAdv. George EdenINDDr. Sebastian Paul74,5089.67%68.4%
IDUKKIINCP.C.ChackoKECK. Francis George6,3500.89%67.8%
KASARAGODCPMT. GovindanINCKhader Mangad48,2405.57%75.9%
KOTTAYAMCPMSuresh KurupINCRamesh Chennithala5,4460.76%72.8%
MANJERIMULE. AhamedCPMAdv. K.V. Salahuddin1,06,00913.14%68.7%
MAVELIKARAINCProf. P.J. KurienINDProf. Nainan Koshy1,2610.20%69.5%
MUKUNDAPURAMINCA.C. JoseCPMP. Govindappillai8,9491.20%72.0%
MUVATTUPUZHAKECMAdv. P.C. ThomasJDMathew John1,13,80917.35%65.7%
OTTAPALAMCPMS. AjayakumarINCProf: K.K. Vijayalakshmi19,8002.77%68.0%
PALGHATCPMN.N. KrishnadasINCV.S. Vijayaraghavan25,0223.40%68.4%
PONNANIMULG.M. BanatwallaCPIMinu Mumthas1,04,24415.20%62.0%
QUILONRSPN.K. PremachandranINCK.C. Rajan71,7629.44%71.6%
TRICHURCPIV.V. RaghavanINCK. Muraleedharan18,4092.55%70.6%
TRIVANDRUMINCK. KarunakaranCPIK.V. Surendra Nath15,3982.02%65.2%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Kerala alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.