Indian National Congress on Kottayam

State 32 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 6 OF 8 contested

INC runner-up 2 times

Strike rate

75%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 8 published candidatures

Best vote share56.90%in 1984

Worst vote share39.10%in 2004

Average vote share48.90% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested1977

Last contested2004

Votes polled here26.05 Lacross all 8 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

Indian National Congress vote share · a ringed point is a year they won this seat · a dashed upright is a contest with no point for this party, where the line breaks rather than touching zero.

Did not contest: 1980, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2024 — the seat went to the polls in those years and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

8 candidatures · most recent first

Year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Result
2004	Benny Behanan	2,84,521	39.10%	2	Lost · 2nd
1999	Prof. P.J.Kurian	3,56,015	45.70%	2	Lost · 2nd
1998	P.C.Chacko	3,33,999	46.40%	1	Won
1996	A.C.Jos	3,50,679	48.00%	1	Won
1991	Palai K.M. Mathew	3,45,139	48.30%	1	Won
1989	Palai K. M. Mathew	3,98,516	53.40%	1	Won
1984	P. J. Kurian	3,08,056	56.90%	1	Won
1977	C. M. Stephen	2,28,035	53.40%	1	Won

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Kerala Congress Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)Kerala Congress(M)Independent Communist Party Of India Janata Dal (Secular)Kerala Congress (M)Kerala Congress (PILLAI GROUP)Bharatiya Janta Party Bharath Dharma Jana Sena Janata Dal (United)Kerala Congress (Anti-merger Group)Bahujan Samaj Party Aam Aadmi Party Socialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)Samajwadi Jan Parishad Janata Pary (JP)Deseeya Karshaka Party Social Democratic Party Of India Communist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star