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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1989

Kottayam

Parliamentary constituency 13 (GEN) · Kerala

State boardKerala 1989

[01]Result · 1989

#13 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants10Candidate lines
Electors8,90,166
Votes polled7,52,839
Turnout84.6%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerRamesh ChennithalaIndian National Congress3,84,80951.1% of votes
MARGIN53,533 votes · 7.1 pp3,84,809 − 3,31,276
Runner-upSuresh Kurup Communist Party of India (Marxist)3,31,27644.0% of votes
INC 53.7% of top-two votesCPI(M) 46.3%

All candidates 10

  1. 01 Ramesh ChennithalaINC3,84,809 51.1%
  2. 02 Suresh KurupCPI(M)3,31,276 44.0%
  3. 03 Ettumanoor RadhakrishnanBJP18,449 2.5%
  4. 04 Paul ChirakkaroduBSP8,089 1.1%
  5. 05 K. C. AbrahamJP(JP)2,866 0.4%
  6. 06 Joseph CherianDKP1,329 0.2%
  7. 07 Vaikom Karthikeyan NairIND743 0.1%
  8. 08 Alexander ScariaIND679 0.1%
  9. 09 P. O. PeterIND632 0.1%
  10. 10 RahimIND514 0.1%

Turnout 84.6%

025507510084.6%TURNOUT◦ state median 79.6%
Male 4.45 lakh49.9% Female 4.46 lakh50.1%

Share of 8,90,166 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,002
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 20 seats, 198979.6%
  • ReconciliationΣ 10 candidates = 7,49,386Residual 3,453

Seat history 2024–1977

  1. 2024
    15.9 pp
    Adv. Dean KuriakoseIndian National Congress
  2. 2019
    18.6 pp
    Adv. Dean KuriakoseIndian National Congress
  3. 2014
    6.2 pp
    Adv.Joice GeorgeIndependent
  4. 2009
    9.5 pp
    Adv. P.T ThomasIndian National Congress
  5. 2004
    6.1 pp
    K. Suresh KurupCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  6. 1999
    1.4 pp
    Suresh KurupCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  7. 1998
    0.8 pp
    Suresh KurupCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  8. 1996
    9.6 pp
    Remesh ChennithalaIndian National Congress
  9. 1991
    8.8 pp
    Ramesh ChennithalaIndian National Congress
  10. 1989
    7.1 pp
    Ramesh ChennithalaIndian National Congress
  11. 1984
    1.0 pp
    Suresh KurupCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  12. 1980
    1.4 pp
    Skaria ThomasKerala Congress
  13. 1977
    14.6 pp
    Skariah ThomasKerala Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 18.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 95.1% of votes; the other 8 candidates 4.4% between them.

    (3,84,809 + 3,31,276) ÷ 7,52,839 = 95.1% · 33,301 ÷ 7,52,839 = 4.4%

  2. Turnout of 84.6% was 5.0 pp above the state's median seat (79.6%).

    84.6 − 79.6 = +5.0

  3. The margin widened from 1.0 pp in 1984 to 7.1 pp.

    7.1 − 1.0 = +6.1 pp

  4. Suresh Kurup, the 1984 winner, finished second in 1989.

    1984 winner name = 1989 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 10 candidate lines7,49,386
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled7,52,839
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 3,453

Candidate votes miss the published total by 3,453, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1989 · Kerala · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates10 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 20 seats on the Kerala Lok Sabha 1989 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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