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200. Kasaragod

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Kerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-KASARAGOD

CPM 45.7%won by 5.6%INC 40.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.4% to 5.6%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.7% to 75.9%.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
11,41,067
Turnout
75.9%
Valid votes
8,66,525
Margin
48,240
5.57%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1T. GovindanCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,95,91045.7%
  2. 2Khader MangadIndian National Congress · INC3,47,67040.1%
  3. 3P.K. Krishna DasBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,03,09311.9%
  4. 4N.A.NellikunnuIndian National League · INL17,7362.0%
  5. 5T.P. PadmanabhanShiv Sena · SHS1,8840.2%
  6. 6Abbas MuthalaparaIndependent · IND2320.0%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−3.8%
CPM share
46.6% → 45.7%
INC share
37.3% → 40.1%
Turnout
71.3% → 75.9%
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