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Chirayinkil #19GEN
Won
Thalekunnil Basheer
INC Indian National CongressMargin
5,130 0.7 pp
votes
over Susheela Gopalan (CPIM)
The contest
Electors9,84,118
Votes polled7,30,320
Turnout74.2%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors4.84 L49.2% of electorate
Female electors5 L50.8% of electorate
Sex ratio
1,032females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thalekunnil Basheer | INC | 3,49,068 | 47.80% | |
| 2 | Susheela Gopalan | CPIM | 3,43,938 | 47.10% | |
| 3 | V. N. Gopalakrishnan Nair | BJP | 23,049 | 3.20% | |
| 4 | D. Sanjeev | JPJ | 3,500 | 0.50% | |
| 5 | K. V. Anandan | IND | 1,692 | 0.20% | |
| 6 | C. K. Bharathan | BSP | 1,280 | 0.20% | |
| 7 | Radhakrishnan | IND | 787 | 0.10% | |
| 8 | G. Gangadharan Pillai | IND | 765 | 0.10% | |
| 9 | Kunjukrishnan Ansari | IND | 746 | 0.10% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 5,495, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 724,825 · NOTA n/a · published 730,320 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1989
- Publisher
- Election Commission of India
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- 2026-09-13