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Ernakulam #11GEN
Won
Dr. Sebastian Paul
IND IndependentMargin
70,099 10.7 pp
votes
over Dr Edward Edezhath (INC)
The contest
Electors10,69,131
Votes polled6,57,891
Turnout61.5%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors5.25 L49.1% of electorate
Female electors5.44 L50.9% of electorate
Sex ratio
1,035females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Sebastian Paul | IND | 3,23,042 | 49.10% | |
| 2 | Dr Edward Edezhath | INC | 2,52,943 | 38.40% | |
| 3 | O G Thankappan | BJP | 60,697 | 9.20% | |
| 4 | Adv. T B Mini | IND | 10,418 | 1.60% | |
| 5 | P S Gangadharan | IND | 6,185 | 0.90% | |
| 6 | Thankappan | IND | 1,835 | 0.30% | |
| 7 | Naushad Mather | IND | 1,718 | 0.30% | |
| 8 | T E Thomas | IND | 1,102 | 0.20% | |
| 9 | Munambam Hamza | JDU | 976 | 0.10% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is -1,025, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 658,916 · NOTA n/a · published 657,891 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 2004
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- 2026-09-13