Constituency
198. Idukki
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-IDUKKI
INC 57.7%won by 24.5%CPI 33.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 24.5%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 57.7% of the vote here (+57.7%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 33.2% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.9% between them, down from 97.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 20.8% to 74.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,17,790
Turnout
74.4%
Valid votes
5,34,172
Margin
1,30,624
24.45%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1P. J. KURIANIndian National Congress · INC3,08,05657.7%
- 2C. A. KURIANCommunist Party of India · CPI1,77,43233.2%
- 3JOSEPH MICHAELIndependent · IND44,4728.3%
- 4GEORGE MATHEWIndependent · IND1,2300.2%
- 5KIZHAKKENATTU BALAN PILLAIIndependent · IND1,1870.2%
- 6MICHAEL KALLIYAYALILIndependent · IND8680.2%
- 7P. S. MUHAMMEDIndependent · IND5830.1%
- 8K. P. RAJAPANDIYANIndependent · IND3440.1%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPI swing
- +24.5%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 57.7%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 33.2%
- Turnout
- 53.6% → 74.4%