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198. Kottayam

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Kerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-KOTTAYAM

INC 51.3%won by 7.1%CPM 44.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 7.1%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 51.3% of the vote here (+51.3%).
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.1% to 84.2%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
8,90,166
Turnout
84.2%
Valid votes
7,49,386
Margin
53,533
7.14%

Candidates

10 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAMESH CHENNITHALAIndian National Congress · INC3,84,80951.3%
  2. 2SURESH KURUPCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,31,27644.2%
  3. 3ETTUMANOOR RADHAKRISHNANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP18,4492.5%
  4. 4PAUL CHIRAKKARODUBahujan Samaj Party · BSP8,0891.1%
  5. 5K. C. ABRAHAMJNPJP · JNPJP2,8660.4%
  6. 6JOSEPH CHERIANDKP · DKP1,3290.2%
  7. 7VAIKOM KARTHIKEYAN NAIRIndependent · IND7430.1%
  8. 8ALEXANDER SCARIAIndependent · IND6790.1%
  9. 9P. O. PETERIndependent · IND6320.1%
  10. 10RAHIMIndependent · IND5140.1%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–CPM swing
+54.6%
INC share
0.0% → 51.3%
CPM share
47.5% → 44.2%
Turnout
80.1% → 84.2%
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