Elections Archive

GEN · Kerala

Kottayam

Skaria Thomas (KEC) won by 5,375 votes (1.4%).

Electors
6,59,430
Votes polled
3,83,531
Valid votes
Turnout
58.2%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1980 national median: 1.4% (median 16.7%). Back to Kerala · 1980 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Comfortable (10–20%)Flipped vs 2019
Margin · 2024
10.6%(-1.2%)
Turnout
66.6%(-11.3%)
NOTA
1.4%
Top-2 squeeze
77.9%

Winning margin over time · Kottayam

1957196219671971197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202422%

Candidates

Candidates · Kottayam 1980
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Skaria ThomasWinnerKEC1,88,67649.5%
2K.M. ChandyINC(I)1,83,30148.1%
3Thomas KuriakoseIND5,8231.5%
4Chellappan AppukuttanIND2,2950.6%
5Alexander LukoseIND1,0860.3%

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