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211. Muvattupuzha

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Kerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-MUVATTUPUZHA

KECM 54.3%won by 17.3%JD 36.9%

What changed here

Derived

Kerala Congress (M) held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 17.3% to 17.3%.

  • New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 36.9% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 6.4% to 65.7%.

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

Electorate
9,98,846
Turnout
65.7%
Valid votes
6,56,023
Margin
1,13,809
17.35%

Candidates

5 contested · winner KECM
  1. 1Adv. P.C. ThomasKerala Congress (M) · KECM3,56,16854.3%
  2. 2Mathew JohnJanata Dal · JD2,42,35936.9%
  3. 3Adv. Narayanan NamboothiriBharatiya Janata Party · BJP50,7387.7%
  4. 4Palamuttam MajeedJammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party · PDP5,9460.9%
  5. 5U.V. ThomasIndependent · IND8120.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
KECM
Winner now
KECM
KECM–JD swing
−37.1%
KECM share
54.4% → 54.3%
JD share
0.0% → 36.9%
Turnout
72.1% → 65.7%
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