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Kottayam #13GEN
Won
Ramesh Chennithala
INC Indian National CongressMargin
62,622 8.8 pp
votes
over Thampan Thomas (JD)
The contest
Electors9,38,252
Votes polled7,13,707
Turnout76.1%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors4.67 L49.7% of electorate
Female electors4.72 L50.3% of electorate
Sex ratio
1,011females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramesh Chennithala | INC | 3,66,759 | 51.40% | |
| 2 | Thampan Thomas | JD | 3,04,137 | 42.60% | |
| 3 | George Kurian | BJP | 22,622 | 3.20% | |
| 4 | P.R. Rajumon | BSP | 5,766 | 0.80% | |
| 5 | U.N. Thampi | IND | 2,264 | 0.30% | |
| 6 | Prem Kumar | DP | 1,817 | 0.30% | |
| 7 | Vanchoor P.N. Neelakanta Pillai | IND | 1,272 | 0.20% | |
| 8 | Kuthiravattam Sasi | IND | 423 | 0.10% | |
| 9 | Kongandoor Raman Nair | IND | 305 | 0.00% | |
| 10 | Mathew Mathew | IND | 268 | 0.00% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 8,074, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 705,633 · NOTA n/a · published 713,707 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1991
- Publisher
- Election Commission of India
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- 2026-09-12