Election
Constituency

223. Kottayam

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Kerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004

IN-KOTTAYAM

CPM 48.3%won by 6.1%INC 42.3%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.5% to 6.1%.

  • 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
9,63,886
Turnout
73.2%
Valid votes
7,05,776
Margin
42,914
6.08%

Candidates

8 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1K. SURESH KURUPCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,41,21348.3%
  2. 2ANTO ANTONYIndian National Congress · INC2,98,29942.3%
  3. 3B RADHAKRISHNA MENONBharatiya Janata Party · BJP53,0347.5%
  4. 4ADVOCATE JACOB JOHNBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,2330.7%
  5. 5MINI K PHILIPIndependent · IND2,8970.4%
  6. 6JOSE AMBATTUJanata Dal (United) · JDU2,4840.4%
  7. 7M K DASANIndependent · IND1,3520.2%
  8. 8KUNJU PAZHANTHATTILIndependent · IND1,2640.2%

Since 1999

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+4.6%
CPM share
47.3% → 48.3%
INC share
45.8% → 42.3%
Turnout
71.5% → 73.2%
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