Chirayinkil (KL-19): 1996 vs 1998 — Billion Ballots

1996

A.SAMPATH

CPMUnited Front

Margin48,0837.1%

Winner votes3,30,07948.5%

ReservationGEN

CPMINCBJPPDPIND

#	Candidate	Votes	Share
	A.SAMPATH CPM	3,30,079	48.5%
2	THALEKKUNNIL BASHEER INC	2,81,996	41.5%
3	R.RADHAKRISHNAN UNNITHAN BJP	30,348	4.5%
4	PULIPARA BIJU PDP	11,963	1.8%
5	SUSEELA RAJAN IND	7,807	1.1%
6	DEVADETHAN IND	3,298	0.5%
7	SEBASTIAN IND	3,290	0.5%
8	JOTHISHKUMAR SHS	2,342	0.3%
9	SUNNY JOSEPH IND	1,670	0.3%
10	POOVACHAL USHA JP	1,405	0.2%
11	KALLAYAM CHANDRA MOHAN IND	1,235	0.2%
12	K.V.ANANDAN IND	1,161	0.2%
13	RAVEENDRAN NAIR IND	1,155	0.2%
14	C.B.RAMAKRISHNAN ALIAS M.R.KHAN IND	745	0.1%
15	S. VELAYUDHAN NAIR IND	624	0.1%
16	ABDUL AZEEZ IND	533	0.1%
17	BALAKRISHNAN IND	530	0.1%

Turnout65.7%Votes cast6,80,181Electors10,35,445

1998

Varkala Radhakrishnan

CPMLeft Democratic Front (Kerala)

Margin7,5421.1%

Winner votes3,21,47946.6%

ReservationGEN

CPMINCBJPBSPIND

#	Candidate	Votes	Share
	Varkala Radhakrishnan CPM	3,21,479	46.6%
2	M.M. Hassan INC	3,13,937	45.5%
3	T.M. Viswambharan BJP	47,249	6.8%
4	Nagaroor Vijayan, B.A., BEd. BSP	2,413	0.3%
5	Surendran Karippuzha IND	1,320	0.2%
6	Devadathan IND	1,062	0.1%
7	Pandalam Rajendran IND	1,034	0.1%
8	Radhakrishnan A. IND	682	0.1%
9	Sailamony Rajasekharan IND	568	0.1%

Turnout65.1%Votes cast6,89,744Electors10,59,243