Constituency
204. Kottayam
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991
IN-KOTTAYAM
INC 52.0%won by 8.9%JD 43.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.1% to 8.9%.
- New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 43.1% — it did not contest here in 1989.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 9.0% to 75.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,38,252
Turnout
75.2%
Valid votes
7,05,633
Margin
62,622
8.87%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INC- 1RAMESH CHENNITHALAIndian National Congress · INC3,66,75952.0%
- 2THAMPAN THOMASJanata Dal · JD3,04,13743.1%
- 3GEORGE KURIANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP22,6223.2%
- 4P.R. RAJUMONBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,7660.8%
- 5U.N. THAMPIIndependent · IND2,2640.3%
- 6PREM KUMARDDP · DDP1,8170.3%
- 7VANCHOOR P.N. NEELAKANTA PILLAIIndependent · IND1,2720.2%
- 8KUTHIRAVATTAM SASIIndependent · IND4230.1%
- 9KONGANDOOR RAMAN NAIRIndependent · IND3050.0%
- 10MATHEW MATHEWIndependent · IND2680.0%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JD swing
- −42.5%
- INC share
- 51.3% → 52.0%
- JD share
- 0.0% → 43.1%
- Turnout
- 84.2% → 75.2%