Seat overview · Winners · All candidates
Kasaragod #1GEN
Won
T. Govindan
CPIM Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)Margin
74,730 9.2 pp
votes
over I. Rama Rai (INC)
The contest
Electors11,19,715
Votes polled8,12,375
Turnout72.6%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors5.42 L48.4% of electorate
Female electors5.78 L51.6% of electorate
Sex ratio
1,066females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T. Govindan | CPIM | 3,71,997 | 45.80% | |
| 2 | I. Rama Rai | INC | 2,97,267 | 36.60% | |
| 3 | P.K. Krishnadas | BJP | 97,577 | 12.00% | |
| 4 | T.M. Kunhi | IND | 4,446 | 0.50% | |
| 5 | B.K. Ahammed Kunhi | IND | 4,155 | 0.50% | |
| 6 | Ismail Anduman | IND | 3,444 | 0.40% | |
| 7 | A. Vishwanathan | IND | 2,550 | 0.30% | |
| 8 | Ambadi Raman | IND | 2,390 | 0.30% | |
| 9 | P.K. Raman | IND | 2,146 | 0.30% | |
| 10 | Balakrishnan | IND | 2,027 | 0.20% | |
| 11 | Abbas Mudalappara | IND | 1,734 | 0.20% | |
| 12 | Vadakkedath Keshavan | IND | 1,722 | 0.20% | |
| 13 | T.M. Devaki Amma Thirumumbu | IND | 1,386 | 0.20% | |
| 14 | Muhammed Ali Kalnad | IND | 1,110 | 0.10% | |
| 15 | Narayanan Paleri | IND | 866 | 0.10% | |
| 16 | Abdul Azeez | IND | 707 | 0.10% | |
| 17 | Shamsuddeen Muhammed Haji | IND | 651 | 0.10% | |
| 18 | Ismail K.T. Chemnad | IND | 621 | 0.10% | |
| 19 | Akkarammal Kanthan | IND | 531 | 0.10% | |
| 20 | K. Padmarajan | IND | 520 | 0.10% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 14,528, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 797,847 · NOTA n/a · published 812,375 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1996
- Publisher
- Election Commission of India
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- 2026-09-12