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209. Mukundapuram

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Kerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-MUKUNDAPURAM

INC 46.7%won by 1.2%CPM 45.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 3.4% to 1.2%.

  • 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
10,34,337
Turnout
72.0%
Valid votes
7,44,981
Margin
8,949
1.20%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1A.C. JoseIndian National Congress · INC3,47,94546.7%
  2. 2P. GovindappillaiCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,38,99645.5%
  3. 3P D Purushothaman MasterBharatiya Janata Party · BJP54,4797.3%
  4. 4Appu KuttippattBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,5200.2%
  5. 5Babu ManjapraShiv Sena · SHS1,4060.2%
  6. 6Tony PananchikkalIndependent · IND6350.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
−2.2%
INC share
47.8% → 46.7%
CPM share
44.4% → 45.5%
Turnout
72.8% → 72.0%
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