Constituency
199. Idukki
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-IDUKKI
INC 53.6%won by 12.3%CPM 41.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.5% to 12.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 41.3% — it did not contest here in 1984.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,72,940
Turnout
76.4%
Valid votes
7,43,191
Margin
91,479
12.31%
Candidates
15 contested · winner INC- 1PALAI K. M. MATHEWIndian National Congress · INC3,98,51653.6%
- 2M. C. JOSEPHINECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,07,03741.3%
- 3M. N. JAYACHANDRANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP25,3543.4%
- 4T. M. JOSEPHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,8620.4%
- 5JACOB THOMASJNPJP · JNPJP1,7560.2%
- 6JOSEPH VARGHESEDKP · DKP1,5600.2%
- 7NADAKUZHIYIL JANARDHANAN NAIRIndependent · IND1,4730.2%
- 8RAMASWAMY GOVINDADANIndependent · IND1,2880.2%
- 9GOPALAN MUTHUSWAMYIndependent · IND1,1620.2%
- 10SAMUEL CHANDYIndependent · IND6800.1%
- 11SHAHUL HAMEEDIndependent · IND4160.1%
- 12IDICULAIndependent · IND3380.0%
- 13BALAN PILLAI KIZHAKKANATTUIndependent · IND3200.0%
- 14JOSEPH XAVIERIndependent · IND2190.0%
- 15V. PANDIA RAJANIndependent · IND2100.0%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- −45.4%
- INC share
- 57.7% → 53.6%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 41.3%
- Turnout
- 74.4% → 76.4%