Results/Vidhan Sabha/Kerala/1998
Results/Vidhan Sabha
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State board · Vidhan Sabha
Kerala Vidhan Sabha 1998
Results board · 4 constituencies
HouseVidhan Sabha
StateKerala
Seats
4
Constituencies
Majority
3
Seats needed of 4
Electors
6.18L
On the roll
Votes polled
4.25L
68.8% of electors
Median turnout
71.1%
Median of 4 seats
CPI margin
0
Exactly at majority · 3 − 3
[01]Seat matrix
Majority · 3 of 4CPI 3 · at majority
CPI
375.0%
Communist Party of India
IND
125.0%
Independents
[02]Vote share
The source carries no state-level vote share for Kerala 1998.
Alliances
Not in the source for this election.
[03]Computed insights
Arithmetic · working shown-
Mlala was decided by 272 votes, the closest of 4 seats; Ernakulam had the widest margin, 3,940.
min / max of margin over 4 seats with a recorded margin -
1 seat was won by a margin under 1%; CPI won 1 of them.
count(margin % < 1.0) = 1 of 4 · CPI 1 -
Turnout ran from 57.4% in Ernakulam to 77.9% in Vaikom; the median seat polled 71.1%.
min / median / max over 4 seats with a recorded turnout
Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.
[04]Turnout
< 50%
00.0% of seats
50–60
125.0% of seats
60–70
125.0% of seats
70–80
250.0% of seats
≥ 80%
00.0% of seats
- LowestErnakulam57.4%
- HighestVaikom77.9%
- NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded
[05]Every seat
| # | Constituency | Winner | Party | Votes polled | Margin | Margin % | Turnout % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | MlalaCLOSEST | W. S. Sasi | Communist Party of India | 1,05,211 | 272 | 0.3 | 72.2 |
| 72 | ErnakulamWIDEST | Adv. Sebastian Paul | Independent | 99,181 | 3,940 | 4.0 | 57.4 |
| 96 | VaikomSC | P. Narayanan | Communist Party of India | 1,09,169 | 1,276 | 1.2 | 77.9 |
| 126 | Chathannur | Adv. N. Anirudhan | Communist Party of India | 1,11,089 | 3,938 | 3.5 | 69.9 |
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 3,940 votes
Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1998 · Kerala · 4 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database
Vote share and alliancesThe source has no state-level summary for this election