Elections Archive

GEN · Kerala

Kottayam

Suresh Kurup (CPM) won by 5,446 votes (0.8%).

Electors
9,82,587
Votes polled
7,19,864
Valid votes
Turnout
73.3%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1998 national median: 0.8% (median 7.6%). Back to Kerala · 1998 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

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Candidates

Candidates · Kottayam 1998
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Suresh KurupWinnerCPM3,35,89347.0%
2Ramesh ChennithalaINC3,30,44746.2%
3Adv. George KurianBJP42,8306.0%
4P.K. RajanBSP3,7560.5%
5Saseendranath ThankappanNPP1,0660.1%
6Jaison JosephIND1,0000.1%

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