1998
1996199119891984198019771971196719621957Total Constituencies: 20
Kerala Lok Sabha Election 1998 covered all 20 parliamentary constituencies in the state. The INC received the highest statewide vote share at 38.67% and won 8 seats, while the CPM received 21.00% of the vote and won 6 seats. The CPI won 2 seats with 8.32% of the vote.
The table below shows party-wise results based on total votes received across Kerala.
| Party Name | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Vote Share | Vote Share on Contested | Total Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 8 | 38.67% | 45.20% | 57,46,566 | |
| CPM | 9 | 6 | 21.00% | 45.40% | 31,21,636 |
| 4 | 2 | 8.32% | 43.26% | 12,35,761 | |
| 20 | 0 | 8.02% | 8.02% | 11,92,046 | |
| IND | 19 | 0 | 6.82% | 7.21% | 10,13,067 |
| MUL | 2 | 2 | 5.01% | 49.91% | 7,45,070 |
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Margin(%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | |||
| Kasaragod | T. Govindan | CPM | 3,95,910 | Khader Mangad | INC | 3,47,670 | 48,240 | 5.57 |
| Cannanore | Mullappally Ramachandran | INC | 3,80,465 | A.C.Shanmukha Das | IND | 3,78,285 | 2,180 | 0.27 |
| Badagara | A.K. Premajam | CPM | 4,07,876 | P.M. Suresh Babu | INC | 3,48,715 | 59,161 | 7.03 |
| Calicut | Adv. P. Sankaran | INC | 3,56,392 | M.P. Veerendra Kumar | JD | 3,37,735 | 18,657 | 2.37 |
| Manjeri | E. Ahamed | MUL | 4,00,609 | Adv. K.V. Salahuddin | CPM | 2,94,600 | 1,06,009 | 13.14 |
| Ponnani | G.M. Banatwalla | MUL | 3,44,461 | Minu Mumthas | CPI | 2,40,217 | 1,04,244 | 15.2 |
| Palghat | N.N. Krishnadas | CPM | 3,45,963 | V.S. Vijayaraghavan | INC | 3,20,941 | 25,022 | 3.4 |
| Ottapalam | S. Ajayakumar | CPM | 3,35,376 | Prof: K.K. Vijayalakshmi | INC | 3,15,576 | 19,800 | 2.76 |
| Trichur | V.V. Raghavan | CPI | 3,40,216 | K. Muraleedharan | INC | 3,21,807 | 18,409 | 2.54 |
| Mukundapuram | A.C. Jose | INC | 3,47,945 | P. Govindappillai | CPM | 3,38,996 | 8,949 | 1.21 |
| Ernakulam | Adv. George Eden | INC | 3,89,387 | Dr. Sebastian Paul | IND | 3,14,879 | 74,508 | 9.67 |
| Muvattupuzha | Adv. P.C. Thomas | KEC(M) | 3,56,168 | Mathew John | JD | 2,42,359 | 1,13,809 | 17.35 |
| Kottayam | Suresh Kurup | CPM | 3,35,893 | Ramesh Chennithala | INC | 3,30,447 | 5,446 | 0.76 |
| Idukki | P.C.Chacko | INC | 3,33,999 | K. Francis George | KEC | 3,27,649 | 6,350 | 0.89 |
| Alleppey | V.M. Sudheeran | INC | 3,86,180 | Adv. C.S. Sujatha | CPM | 3,45,543 | 40,637 | 5.35 |
| Mavelikara | Prof. P.J. Kurien | INC | 2,75,001 | Prof. Nainan Koshy | IND | 2,73,740 | 1,261 | 0.2 |
| Adoor | Chengara Surendran | CPI | 3,33,297 | Kodikunnil Suresh | INC | 3,16,292 | 17,005 | 2.48 |
| Quilon | N.K. Premachandran | RSP | 3,96,145 | K.C. Rajan | INC | 3,24,383 | 71,762 | 9.44 |
| Chirayinkil | Varkala Radhakrishnan | CPM | 3,21,479 | M.M. Hassan | INC | 3,13,937 | 7,542 | 1.09 |
| Trivandrum | K. Karunakaran | INC | 3,37,429 | K.V. Surendra Nath | CPI | 3,22,031 | 15,398 | 2.02 |
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