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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Idukki

Parliamentary constituency 14 (GEN) · Kerala

State boardKerala 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#14 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants9Candidate lines
Electors10,53,290
Votes polled7,19,111
Turnout68.3%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerP.C.ChackoIndian National Congress3,33,99946.4% of votes
MARGIN6,350 votes · 0.9 pp3,33,999 − 3,27,649
Runner-upK. Francis George Kerala Congress3,27,64945.6% of votes
INC 50.5% of top-two votesKEC 49.5%

All candidates 9

  1. 01 P.C.ChackoINC3,33,999 46.4%
  2. 02 K. Francis GeorgeKEC3,27,649 45.6%
  3. 03 Adv. D AsokakumarBJP46,130 6.4%
  4. 04 Raj Mohan ThampiBSP3,824 0.5%
  5. 05 Devarajan KumaramangalamIND1,129 0.2%
  6. 06 P.C. ChackoIND583 0.1%
  7. 07 Shukkur IsmailIND346 0.0%
  8. 08 George JosephIND333 0.0%
  9. 09 P.D. ChackoIND305 0.0%

Turnout 68.3%

025507510068.3%TURNOUT◦ state median 70.6%
Male 5.24 lakh49.8% Female 5.29 lakh50.2%

Share of 10,53,290 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,009
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 20 seats, 199870.6%
  • ReconciliationΣ 9 candidates = 7,14,298Residual 4,813

Seat history 2024–1977

  1. 2024
    10.4 pp
    Adv K Francis GeorgeKerala Congress
  2. 2019
    11.7 pp
    Thomas ChazhikadanKerala Congress (M)
  3. 2014
    14.5 pp
    Jose K. ManiKerala Congress (M)
  4. 2009
    8.8 pp
    Jose K.Mani (Karingozheckal)Kerala Congress (M)
  5. 2004
    9.5 pp
    K. Francis GeorgeKerala Congress
  6. 1999
    1.2 pp
    K. Francis GeorgeKerala Congress
  7. 1998
    0.9 pp
    P.C.ChackoIndian National Congress
  8. 1996
    4.1 pp
    A.C.JosIndian National Congress
  9. 1991
    3.5 pp
    Palai K.M. MathewIndian National Congress
  10. 1989
    12.2 pp
    Palai K. M. MathewIndian National Congress
  11. 1984
    24.1 pp
    P. J. KurianIndian National Congress
  12. 1980
    1.9 pp
    M.M. LawrenceCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  13. 1977
    18.6 pp
    C. M. StephenIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 24.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed BJP polled 46,130 votes, 7.3× the 6,350-vote margin.

    46,130 ÷ 6,350 = 7.3

  2. The top two polled 92.0% of votes; the other 7 candidates 7.3% between them.

    (3,33,999 + 3,27,649) ÷ 7,19,111 = 92.0% · 52,650 ÷ 7,19,111 = 7.3%

  3. Turnout of 68.3% was 2.3 pp below the state's median seat (70.6%).

    68.3 − 70.6 = −2.3

  4. The margin narrowed from 4.1 pp in 1996 to 0.9 pp.

    0.9 − 4.1 = −3.2 pp

  5. INC held the seat it won in 1996.

    1996 INC · 1998 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 9 candidate lines7,14,298
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled7,19,111
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 4,813

Candidate votes miss the published total by 4,813, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1998 · Kerala · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates9 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 20 seats on the Kerala Lok Sabha 1998 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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