VaikomAssembly by-election result, 1998
P. Narayanan (CPI) won Vaikom in the 1998 assembly by-election with 48.0% of the vote, beating Adv. V. P. Sajeendran (INC) by 1,276 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1977 election. In 1970, seat no. 96 was Kuttanad. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2006. From 2011, seat no. 96 is Ettumanoor. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
Vaikom was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.2% — fewer than 1,276 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P. Narayanan | 52,43348.0% | |
| 2 | Adv. V. P. Sajeendran | 51,15746.9% | |
| 3 | T. K. Kochola Kumar | 5,2574.8% | |
| 4 | K. K. Kesavan IND | IND | 1890.2% |
| 5 | Babu Pappu IND | IND | 1330.1% |
Results are complete; affidavit details aren't available for this seat yet.
A close contest, an essentially two-way race.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
CPI and INC took 95% of the votes.
Parties in the race 2.21 Effective number of parties — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How did the vote split?
This seat number was reused from 2011. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2011, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
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