Election
Constituency

201. Cannanore

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Kerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-CANNANORE

INC 46.4%won by 0.3%IND 46.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 5.2% to 0.3%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 46.2% — it polled just 1.6% in 1996.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.0% to 76.5%.

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

Electorate
10,71,756
Turnout
76.5%
Valid votes
8,19,320
Margin
2,180
0.27%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1Mullappally RamachandranIndian National Congress · INC3,80,46546.4%
  2. 2A.C.Shanmukha DasIndependent · IND3,78,28546.2%
  3. 3P.C. Mohanan MasterBharatiya Janata Party · BJP42,7605.2%
  4. 4B.Hamza HajiIndian National League · INL10,0161.2%
  5. 5Mullappali ChandranIndependent · IND6,5480.8%
  6. 6A.P. GangadharanTHPI · THPI7650.1%
  7. 7K.V.Sunil KumarIndependent · IND4810.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−47.2%
INC share
49.1% → 46.4%
IND share
1.6% → 46.2%
Turnout
72.5% → 76.5%
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