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Kerala Lok Sabha 1999

Results board · 20 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateKerala
Seats
20
Constituencies
Majority
11
Seats needed of 20
Electors
2.21Cr
On the roll
Votes polled
1.55Cr
70.2% of electors
Median turnout
70.5%
Median of 20 seats
CPI(M) short
−3
Below majority · 8 − 11

[01]Seat matrix

20 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 20 seats: CPI(M) 8, INC 8, MLKSC 2, KEC 1, KC(M) 1. Majority line at 11 seats. Hemicycle of 20 seats: CPI(M) 8, INC 8, MLKSC 2, KEC 1, KC(M) 1. Majority line at 11 seats.
Majority · 11 of 20CPI(M) 8 · 3 short of majority
CPI(M) 840.0% Communist Party of India (Marxist)
INC 840.0% Indian National Congress
MLKSC 210.0% Muslim League Kerala State Committee
KEC 15.0% Kerala Congress
KC(M) 15.0% Kerala Congress (M)

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
INC 39.4%8 seats · 40.0%
CPI(M) 27.9%8 seats · 40.0%
CPI 7.6%0 seats
BJP 6.6%0 seats
MUL 5.3%Seats unmatched
Others 13.2%Seat count not derivable

Vote share not published

  • MLKSC2 seats
  • KEC1 seat
  • KC(M)1 seat

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

UPA 46.9%11 seats
THIRD FRONT 43.7%9 seats
NDA 7.9%0 seats
OTHERS 1.5%Seats not published

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. CPI(M) converted 27.9% of votes into 40.0% of seats, a seat premium of 12.1 pp.

    8 ÷ 20 = 40.0% · 40.0 − 27.9 = +12.1

  2. CPI polled 7.6% of votes, the 3rd-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).

    0 ÷ 20 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 7.6 = −7.6

  3. Chirayinkil was decided by 3,128 votes, the closest of 20 seats; Ponnani had the widest margin, 1,29,478.

    min / max of margin over 20 seats with a recorded margin

  4. 1 seat was won by a margin under 1%; CPI(M) won 1 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 1 of 20 · CPI(M) 1

  5. Turnout ran from 60.6% in Ponnani to 79.1% in Cannanore; the median seat polled 70.5%.

    min / median / max over 20 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

20 of 20 seats carry a turnout
025507510070.5%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 00.0% of seats
50–60 00.0% of seats
60–70 1050.0% of seats
70–80 1050.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestPonnani60.6%
  • HighestCannanore79.1%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

20 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Kerala Lok Sabha 1999, all 20 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 Kasaragod T. Govindan Communist Party of India (Marxist) 9,31,632 31,578 3.4 77.6
02 Cannanore A.P. Abdullakkutty Communist Party of India (Marxist) 8,86,354 10,247 1.2 79.1
03 Badagara A.K. Premajam Communist Party of India (Marxist) 8,61,933 25,844 3.0 74.6
04 Calicut K. Muraleedharan Indian National Congress 8,26,901 50,402 6.1 73.5
05 Manjeri E. Ahamed Muslim League Kerala State Committee 8,16,573 1,23,411 15.1 67.1
06 PonnaniWIDEST G.M. Banatwalla Muslim League Kerala State Committee 6,94,990 1,29,478 18.6 60.6
07 Palghat N.N.Krishnadas Communist Party of India (Marxist) 8,15,882 30,767 3.8 72.1
08 Ottapalam S. Ajayakumar Communist Party of India (Marxist) 7,84,584 13,715 1.7 71.1
09 TrichurSC A.C. Jose Indian National Congress 7,37,054 11,632 1.6 68.8
10 Mukundapuram K. Karunakaran Indian National Congress 7,92,212 52,463 6.6 73.1
11 Ernakulam Adv. George Eden Indian National Congress 7,76,933 1,11,305 14.3 65.8
12 Muvattupuzha Adv. P.C. Thomas Kerala Congress (M) 6,92,278 76,939 11.1 67.9
13 Kottayam Suresh Kurup Communist Party of India (Marxist) 7,33,725 10,599 1.4 72.1
14 Idukki K. Francis George Kerala Congress 7,78,940 9,298 1.2 69.5
15 Alleppey V.M. Sudheeran Indian National Congress 7,93,041 35,094 4.4 76.7
16 MavelikaraSC Ramesh Chennithala Indian National Congress 6,67,157 33,443 5.0 71.2
17 Adoor Kodikunnil Suresh Indian National Congress 7,03,008 22,006 3.1 69.8
18 Quilon P. Rajendran Communist Party of India (Marxist) 7,40,869 19,284 2.6 68.1
19 ChirayinkilCLOSEST Varkala Radhakrishnan Communist Party of India (Marxist) 6,91,113 3,128 0.5 63.0
20 Trivandrum Advocate V.S. Sivakumar Indian National Congress 7,57,497 14,485 1.9 63.2
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,29,478 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1999 · Kerala · 20 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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